Oxalic acid, Fe³⁺-reduction activity and oxidative enzymes detected in culture extracts recovered from Pinus taeda wood chips biotreated by Ceriporiopsis subvermispora

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• 作者：André ; Aguiar ; Priscila Brazil de Souza-Cruz and André ; Ferraz
• 关键词：Ceriporiopsis subvermispora ; Oxidative enzymes ; Oxalic acid ; Iron ; White-rot fungi
• 刊名：Enzyme and Microbial Technology
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：2 May 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：38
• 期：7
• 页码：873-878
• 全文大小：252 K

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Pinus taeda wood chips were treated with the biopulping fungus, Ceriporiopsis subvermispora, under solid-state fermentation for periods varying from 7 to 90 days. Low molecular mass compounds and oxidative enzymes were extracted from biotreated wood samples. Manganese-dependent peroxidase was the main oxidative enzyme on all biodegradation periods. Aqueous extracts from biotreated wood presented decreasing pH values, oxalic acid being the major organic acid secreted by the fungus. Analysis of these extracts by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC/MS) revealed small amounts of fatty acids, several short-chain organic acids (C3–C6) and numerous sugar derivatives. 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy benzaldehyde, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy benzoic acid, 3,4-dihydroxy benzoic acid and tricarboxy-benzene were also found in the wood extracts. A remarkable characteristic of the wood extracts was a strong Fe³⁺-reducing ability. High Fe³⁺-reducing activity and high catechol concentrations were detected in the wood extracts from the undecayed control. This reducing activity and catechol concentrations decreased during the first 7 days of biodegradation. However, from the seventh day of culturing, catechol derivatives coming from lignin degradation start to accumulate in the cultures and Fe³⁺-reduction activity increased again. The Fe³⁺-reduction activity observed in the wood extracts indicates that Fe²⁺ would be available in solution during the wood decay process. Considering that Fe²⁺ and H₂O₂ (produced by this fungus based on MnP-degradation of oxalate) were present in the wood extracts, at least some extent for degradation reactions based on Fenton-chemistry, similarly to the observed in brown-rot fungi, is supposed to occur during wood decay by C. subvermispora.