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. 1996 Oct;62(10):3890–3893. doi: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3890-3893.1996

Polymerization of pentachlorophenol and ferulic acid by fungal extracellular lignin-degrading enzymes.

C Rüttimann-Johnson 1, R T Lamar 1
PMCID: PMC168202  PMID: 8967777

Abstract

High-molecular-weight polymers were produced by a crude concentrated supernatant from ligninolytic Phanerochaete chrysosporium cultures in a reaction mixture containing pentachlorophenol and a humic acid precursor (ferulic acid) in the presence of a detergent and H2O2. Pure manganese peroxidase, lignin peroxidase, and laccase were also shown to catalyze the reaction.

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