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Toward the Fungi Whole Cell as a Suitable Strategy for Delignification and Phenolic Removal of Olive Mill Solid Waste

Version 1 : Received: 21 March 2022 / Approved: 29 March 2022 / Online: 29 March 2022 (05:21:39 CEST)

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Benavides, V.; Pinto-Ibieta, F.; Serrano, A.; Rubilar, O.; Ciudad, G. Use of Anthracophyllum Discolor and Stereum Hirsutum as a Suitable Strategy for Delignification and Phenolic Removal of Olive Mill Solid Waste. Foods 2022, 11, 1587. Benavides, V.; Pinto-Ibieta, F.; Serrano, A.; Rubilar, O.; Ciudad, G. Use of Anthracophyllum Discolor and Stereum Hirsutum as a Suitable Strategy for Delignification and Phenolic Removal of Olive Mill Solid Waste. Foods 2022, 11, 1587.

Abstract

White-rot fungi (WRF) have specific enzymes to degrade lignocellulosic and phenolic compounds. Therefore, their direct application could be an alternative to biodegrade complex lignocellulosic biomass such as olive mill solid waste (OMSW). The aim of this study was to evaluate the capacity of A. discolor and S. hirsutum to grow in OMSW as the sole substrate under static conditions and evaluate the phenolic removal compounds and lignin degradation. The lignolytic enzyme activity was determined, as was the phenolic compound removal. At the same time, lignin degradation and structural changes were evaluated by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM), respectively. Both strains were able to grow using OMSW as the sole substrate without adding other nutrients, oxygen and/or agitation. The higher ligninolytic enzyme activity was found at day 8, and the highest phenolic removal (more than 80% with both strains) was reached after 24 days of incubation. The CLSM analysis confirmed lignin degradation through the drop in lignin fluorescence from 3967 for untreated OMSW to 235 and 221 RFU after 24 days of treatment by A. discolor and S. hirsutum respectively. The results indicate that both WRF could be suitable candidates to design an in-situ pretreatment step of OMSW, as long as in future research the WRFs have the same performance in non-sterile conditions.

Keywords

olive mill solid waste (OMSW); white-rot fungi; laccase; manganese-independent peroxidase; manganese peroxidase; Anthracophyllum discolor; Stereum hirsutum; whole cell

Subject

Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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