PMID- 10481243 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990929 LR - 20190905 IS - 0045-6535 (Print) IS - 0045-6535 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 9 DP - 1999 Oct TI - Effects of culture parameters on the degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) by selected fungi. Groupe pour l'Etude du Devenir des Xenobiotiques dans l'Environnement (GEDEXE). PG - 1397-405 AB - In order to enhance 2,4-D and 2,4-DCP degradation by four selected fungi (Cunninghamella elegans, C. echinulata, Rhizoctonia solani and Verticillium lecanii), three culture parameters (initial chemical concentration, amounts of glucose and nitrogen) were varied. The levels of both xenobiotics in the culture media were monitored by HPLC analysis after five days of cultivation. The best results were obtained at low initial concentration (20 mg.L-1 vs 100) and with low amounts of glucose (5 g.L-1 vs 10) and nitrogen (2.4 mM vs 24). When these two elements were lacking from the culture media, biodegradation was not suppressed, but took place to a lesser extent. Thus, initial chemical concentration and amounts of carbon and nitrogen, in the culture medium, were shown to strongly influence the extent of 2,4-D and 2,4-DCP removal by fungi. FAU - Vroumsia, T AU - Vroumsia T AD - Laboratoire de Botanique, Cryptogamie, Biologie Cellulaire et Genetique, UFR de Pharmacie de Grenoble, Universite J. Fourier, Meylan, France. FAU - Steiman, R AU - Steiman R FAU - Seigle-Murandi, F AU - Seigle-Murandi F FAU - Benoit-Guyod, J L AU - Benoit-Guyod JL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Chemosphere JT - Chemosphere JID - 0320657 RN - 0 (Chlorophenols) RN - 0 (Culture Media) RN - 0 (Herbicides) RN - 0 (Soil Pollutants) RN - 0 (Xenobiotics) RN - 2577AQ9262 (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid) RN - R669TG1950 (2,4-dichlorophenol) SB - IM MH - 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid/*pharmacokinetics MH - Biodegradation, Environmental MH - Chlorophenols/*pharmacokinetics MH - Culture Media MH - Fungi/metabolism MH - Herbicides/*pharmacokinetics MH - Soil Pollutants/*pharmacokinetics MH - Xenobiotics/pharmacokinetics EDAT- 1999/09/11 00:00 MHDA- 1999/09/11 00:01 CRDT- 1999/09/11 00:00 PHST- 1999/09/11 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/09/11 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/09/11 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0045653599000429 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0045-6535(99)00042-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemosphere. 1999 Oct;39(9):1397-405. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(99)00042-9.