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Mycoremediation is a process of using fungi to degrade or detoxify contaminants in the environment.
- Materials for Fungal Biodegradation and Biodeterioration
Wood | Plastics | Library materials |
Wooden artifacts | Wool | Wall paintings |
Stored paper | Wrapping papers | Electroinsulating materials |
Textiles | Glass surfaces | Coal |
Leather | Concrete | Ground waste rubber materials |
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Typical habitats of terrestrial and aquatic fungi, and some of their ecological features. From the following article: Untapped potential: exploiting fungi in bioremediation of hazardous chemicals Hauke Harms, Dietmar Schlosser & Lukas Y. Wick Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 177-192 (March 2011) doi:10.1038/nrmicro2519
Ligninolytic fungi
PAHs , benzene/toluene/ethyl benzene/xylene (BTEX) ,synthetic substituted aromatics
KUC fungi
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