▣Mycological characteristic

Fungal isolate	Phanerochaete sordida
KUC No.	KUC8370
Lineage	fungi: Dikarya: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycotina: Agaricomycetes: Agaricomycetes incertae sedis: Polyporales: Coriolaceae: Corticiaceae ;
Host /Substrate, Location	Pinus Koraiensis, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Macromorphology	MEA , PDA
Gene Seq. info	LSU

▣ Physiological characteristic

◼ Optimal growth Temp. & growth rate	35℃ & 14.97 mm/day
◼ Rot type	White rot
◼ Enzyme activity	FPA LiP MnP Lac 0.000 3.943 3.831 0.093

▣ Basic information related to mycoremediation

◼ Metal tolerance	Arsenic Cadmium Copper Lead ★☆☆☆☆ ★☆☆☆☆ ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★☆☆☆
◼ Metal sorption	Arsenic Cadmium Copper Lead ☆☆☆☆☆ ☆☆☆☆☆ ☆☆☆☆☆ ★☆☆☆☆
◼ PAHs tolerance	Anthracene Phenanthrene Fluoranthene Pyrene ★★☆☆☆ ★★☆☆☆ ★★☆☆☆ ★★★☆☆
◼ Dye decolorization	Congo red Reactive blue Orange II ★★★★☆ ★★★★★ ★★★★★

▣ Application

◼ Application Field	PAHs degradation
◼ Content	Two strains of Phanerochaete sordida KUC8370 were possible PAHs degraders, degrading a significantly greater amount of phenanthrene and fluoranthene than the culture collection strain P. chrysosporium (a known PAHs degrader). more
◼ Publication	Lee et al. 2010. Folia Microbiologica 55(5): 447-453.