Class III: Horseradish peroxidase
2. Nonheme peroxidases:
Thiol peroxidase, alkyl
hydroperoxidase, nonheme
haloperoxidasee, manganese
catalase, NADH peroxidase
Chloroperoxidase
Caldariomyces fumago,
Phanerochaete chrysosporium,
Corprinopsis cinerea
Phenolic compounds, chloride ions,
phenols, synthetic dyes, polyaromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Duran and Esposito (2000) and
Harms et al. (2011)
Oxygenase
Halogenated organic compounds,
aliphatic and aromatic compounds
Karigar and Rao (2011)
Cytochrome P 450 monooxygenase Cuninghamella elegans
Phenol, catechol
Harms et al. (2011)
Manganese peroxidase
Lentinula edodes, Nematoloma
frowardii, Anthrocophyllum discolor
Monoaromatic phenols,
chlorophenols, aromatic dyes,
pyrene, polyaromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs), aliphatic substances
Duran and Esposito (2000),
Gianfreda and Rao (2004), Haritash
and Kaushik(2009) and Rao et al.
(2014)
Lignin peroxidase
Nematolomafrowardii
(white-rot
fungi)
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),
pyrene, anthracene
Gianfreda and Rao (2004) and Rao
et al. (2014)
Quinone reductase
White-rot fungi, brown-rot fungi
Quinones, catechol
Harms et al. (2011)
Cyanide dioxygenase
Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas
fluroscens
Cyanide
Ebbs (2004)
Polylactic acid depolymerase
Amycolatopsis
sp.
Polylactic acid
Gianfreda and Rao (2004)
Cellulase
Asperigillus niger, Penicillium
chyrsogenum, P. funicolosum,
Bacillus subtilis, Trichoderma resei,
Humicola
sp.
Solid municipal waste polyester
Gianfreda and Rao (2004) and
Karigar and Rao (2011)
Xylanase
Penicillium chyrsogenum, Aspergilus
niger
Lignin
Leitão (2009) and Rao et al. (2010)
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