Black Fungi and Hydrocarbons: An Environmental Survey for Alkylbenzene Assimilation.

ABSTRACT: Environmental pollution with alkylbenzene hydrocarbons such as toluene is a recurring phenomenon. Their toxicity and harmful effect on people and the environment drive the search for sustainable removal techniques such as bioremediation, which is based on the microbial metabolism of xenobiotic compounds. Melanized fungi present extremophilic characteristics, which allow their survival in inhospitable habitats such as those contaminated with hydrocarbons. Screening methodologies for testing the microbial assimilation of volatile organic compounds (VOC) are scarce despite their importance for the bioremediation of hydrocarbon associated areas. In this study, 200 strains of melanized fungi were isolated from four different hydrocarbon-related environments by using selective methods, and their

SUBMITTER: Baron NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8151820 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature