Mushrooms as Bioremediation Agents
Abstract
In this manner, carbon sources, for example, sawdust, straw and corn cob can be utilized to enhance degradation rates by these life forms at dirtied destinations. White decay organisms have been utilized for biotransformation of pesticides, degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons and lignocellulolytic squanders in the mash and paper industry. Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Agaricus bisporus, Trametes versicolor and Pleurotus ostreatus among many mushrooms have been accounted for in the disinfecting of contaminated locales. In Nigeria, Lentinus squarrosulus, Pleurotus tuber-regium, P. ostreatus and P. pulmonarius have been utilized in bioremediation of debased soils both in-situ and ex-situ. This paper highlights the utilization of contagious mycelia in bioremediation (myco-remediation) and studies on the employments of mushrooms for bioremediation.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/jibb.v3i1.148
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