Pleurotus eryngii (DC.) Quél.

P. eryngii peroxidase isoenzymes decolorise industrial azo and phthalocyanine dyes in the absence of Mn2+ (apparent Km 4-16 µM, specific activity 3.2-10.9 U/mg, figures covering the B. adusta and P. eryngii enzymes); Phanerochaete chrysosporium MnP oxidises them little or not at all.

• Heinfling et al. (1998) Transformation of industrial dyes by manganese peroxidases from Bjerkandera adusta and Pleurotus eryngii in a manganese-independent reaction. Appl Environ Microbiol 64:2788-2793, 1998
• Camarero et al. (1999) Description of a versatile peroxidase involved in the natural degradation of lignin. J Biol Chem 274:10324-10330, 1999

Soils spiked with fluoranthene and nickel: 86-92% of fluoranthene disappeared in inoculated soils against 71-82% in non-inoculated ones. In liquid culture strain F032 removed 59% (static) and 73% (agitated) of benzo[a]pyrene in 20 days, with benzo[a]pyrene-3,6-quinone among the products.

• Tang et al. (2016) Fates of nickel and fluoranthene during the bioremediation by Pleurotus eryngii in three different soils. J Basic Microbiol 56:1194-1202, 2016
• Hadibarata et al. (2022) Microbial degradation and transformation of benzo[a]pyrene by using a white-rot fungus Pleurotus eryngii F032. Chemosphere 307:136014, 2022

In the same co-contaminated soils the fungus took up nickel (4.88-39.53 mg/kg); nickel reduced fungal growth and fluoranthene dissipation.

• Tang et al. (2016) J Basic Microbiol 56:1194-1202, 2016