摘要:White rot fungi use a variety of mechanisms to accomplish the complete degradation of lignin and a wide variety of environmental pollutants. Both oxidative and reductive reactions are required for the metabolism of both lignin and environmental pollutants. The fungi secrete a family of peroxidases to catalyze both direct and indirect oxidation of chemicals. The peroxidases can also catalyze reductions using electron donors to generate reductive radicals. A cell-surface membrane potential can also be used to reduce chemicals such as TNT. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (429K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 59 60 61