ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Biodegradation of PAHs by Trametes hirsuta zlh237
and Effect of Bioaugmentation
on PAHs-Contaminated Soil
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Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering at the Institute of Biology, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou 450008,
People’s Republic of China
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School of Environmental Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
Submission date: 2021-04-20
Final revision date: 2021-09-02
Acceptance date: 2021-10-11
Online publication date: 2022-02-17
Publication date: 2022-04-06
Corresponding author
Zhimin Du
Institute of Biology at Henan Academy of Sciences, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(3):2473-2484
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ABSTRACT
This study aimed to investigate the biodegradation of three distinct PAHs: Phenanthrene (Phe),
Pyrene (Pyr), and Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) by using fermentation broth from T. hirsuta culture medium.
The results revealed that 2,5-xylidine ameliorates laccase production in T. hirsuta fermentation
medium. After 6 days of incubation, T. hirsuta zlh237 fermentation broth (6-day-FFB) showed
a higher degradation rate for three PAHs than 11-day fermentation broth (11-day-FFB). Final Phe, Pyr,
and BaP degradation rates of 6-day-FFB were 89.35%, 85.92%, and 89.45%, respectively, on the 5th
day of incubation. The PAHs biodegradation rate of 6-day-FFB in natural soil samples were lower
than in sterilized soil. The Phe, Pyr, and BaP degradation rates of 6-day-FFB were 54.49%, 46.76%,
and 51.93% in sterilized soil samples, and 39.37%, 34.00%, 33.99% in natural soil samples, after
15 days incubation, respectively. The high-throughput sequencing analysis revealed that the 6-day-
FFB altered the bacterial community structure and enhanced microbial biodiversity of contaminated
soil. The PAHs-contaminated soils incubated with 6-day-FFB showed significant increase in well color
development than the controls. Principal Component Analysis of Biolog data differentiated the effect of
6-day-FFB and sterilized 6-day-FFB on contaminated soils. It implied that T. hirsuta zlh237 restored
the microbiological functioning of the PAHs contaminated soils.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.