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Decolorization of kraft pulp bleaching effluent by a newly isolated fungus,Geotrichum candidum Dec 1

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Kraft pulp bleaching effluent supplemented with glucose was decolorized by a newly isolated fungusGeotrichum candidum Dec 1 (Dec 1) that showed a wide decolorizing spectrum to synthetic dyes. When the glucose concentration in the effluent was 30 g/l, the color removal and the reduction of absorbable organic halogens were 78% and 43% after 7 days culture, respectively. The average molecular weight of colored substances measured by gel filtration chromatography was lowered to less than 3000 from 5600 after 7 days culture. As the contribution of extracellular enzymes such as peroxidase (DyP), manganese peroxidase, and laccase to the decolorization of the kraft pulp bleaching effluent was small, Dec 1 appears to have a different mechanism of decolorizing kraft pulp bleaching effluent when compared with enzymes used to decolorize synthetic dyes.

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    Noboru Shintani, Yasushi Sugano & Makoto Shoda

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Shintani, N., Sugano, Y. & Shoda, M. Decolorization of kraft pulp bleaching effluent by a newly isolated fungus,Geotrichum candidum Dec 1. J Wood Sci 48, 402–408 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00770700

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