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Trametes lactinea and T. villosa collected in Brazil are able to discolor indigo carmine

ABSTRACT

Dyes used in the textile industry contribute significantly to the increase of water pollution as they are disposed of, most of the time, without proper treatment. Indigo carmine is a synthetic dye widely used in the coloring of jeans and is considered difficult to remove, causing irreversible damage to the food chain in ecosystems. Mycomediation appears as an economical and sustainable way to treat textile effluents, and this work tested three strains of Trametes collected in Brazil against the ability to discolor the indigo carmine and also the activity of laccase, lignin and manganese peroxidases. The experiment was carried out in Kirk medium under static, non-sterile condition, at ± 28 °C for 120 h. Trametes lactinea (URM8350) discolored 81.40 % of the indigo carmine, T. lactinea (URM8350) 85.09 % and T. villosa (URM8022) 96.11 %. Laccase was detected in all specimens. Manganese peroxidase was detected in T. villosa and T. lactinea (URM8354), while lignin peroxidase was not detected in any of the isolates. The ability of T. lactinea to discolor dyes is reported for the first time. The discoloration rates demonstrate the ability of the strains to discolor carmine indigo and their promising use in the discoloration processes in wastewater from the textile segment.

Keywords:
Trametes; Basidiomycota; indigo carmine; mycoremediation; pollutants; textile industry

Introduction

Population growth allied to industrial development has caused serious environmental problems, such as pollution of soil and water by chemicals (Zhang et al. 2011Zhang W, Han Y, Haijiang L, et al. 2011. Removal of dyes from aqueous solutions by straw based adsorbents: batch and column studies. Chemical Engineering Journal 168: 1120–1127.; Rodríguez-Couto 2017Rodríguez-Couto S. 2017. Industrial and environmental applications of white rot fungi. Mycosphere 8(3): 456-466. ; Choi 2021Choi KY. 2021. Discoloration of indigo dyes by eco-friendly biocatalysts. Dyes and Pigments 184: 108749. doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108749.
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). Among the pollutants, the effluents from paper, cellulose, textile and petrochemical industries and from alcohol distilleries contain aromatic, recalcitrant and xenobiotic compounds, responsible for the intense color and toxicity of wastewater (Sharma et al. 2011Sharma P, Kaur H, Sharma M, Sahore V. 2011. A review on applicability of naturally available adsorbents for the removal of hazardous dyes from aqueous waste. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 183: 151-195.; Almeida et al. 2016Almeida ÉJR, Dilarri G, Corso CR. 2016. A indústria têxtil no Brasil: uma revisão dos seus impactos ambientais e possíveis tratamentos para os seus efluentes. Conexão Água: Boletim das águas. https://conexaoagua.mpf.mp.br/boletim-das-aguas/edicao-2016. 20 Mar. 2021.
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The textile sector is considered to be one of the largest sectors in the manufacturing industry in the world. In Brazil alone, the segment is responsible for generating 1.5 million direct jobs, being considered the largest textile chain in the West (Abit 2020Abit. 2020. Perfil do Setor. Abit. https://www.abit.org.br/cont/perfil-do-setor. 10 Apr. 2022.
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) and employs 75 million people worldwide (De Oliveira et al. 2021De Oliveira CRS, Silva Júnior AH, Mulinari J, Immich APS. 2021. Textile Re-Engineering: Eco-responsible solutions for a more sustainable industry. Sustainable Production and Consumption 28: 1232-1248.). However, its expansion and maintenance cause damage to the environment, since the dyeing and washing processes of the fabric generate a large volume of effluents containing xenobiotic compounds, including dyes (Rodríguez-Couto 2009Rodríguez-Couto S. 2009. Dye removal by immobilized fungi. Biotechnology Advances 27: 227-235. ; Singh 2017Singh L. 2017. Biodegradation of synthetic dyes: a micoremediation approach for degradation/decolourization of textile dyes and effluents. Journal of Applied Biotechnology and Bioengineering 3: doi: 0081.10.15406/jabb.2017.03.00081.
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Synthetic dyes are designed to resist discoloration, high temperatures and antioxidant chemicals. Therefore, they have a stable chemical structure, usually recalcitrant, highly toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic (Baughman & Weber 1994Baughman GL, Weber EJ. 1994. Transformation of dyes and related compounds in anoxic sediment: kinetics and products. Environment Science Technology 28: 267-276.; Vacchi et al. 2017Vacchi FI, Vendemiatti JAS, Silva BF, Zanoni MVB, Umbuzeiro GA. 2017. Quantifying the contribution of dyes to the mutagenicity of waters under the influence of textile activities. Science of the Total Environment 601: 230-236.; Berradi et al. 2019Berradi M, Hsissou R, Khudhair M, et al. 2019. Textile finishing dyes and their impact on aquatic environs. Heliyon 5: e02711. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03271.
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; Benkhaya et al. 2020Benkhaya S, Mrabet A, El Harfi. 2020. Classification, properties, recent synthesis of azo dyes. Heliyon 6: e03271. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02711.
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). The presence of dyes in water bodies, even in small concentrations, interferes with the trophic chain in aquatic ecosystems, as it prevents the penetration of the light necessary for photosynthesis, thus causing serious environmental problems (Kunz et al. 2002Kunz A, Zamora PP, Moraes SG, Durán N. 2002. Novas tendências no tratamento de efluentes têxteis. Química Nova 25: 78-82. ; Berradi et al. 2019Berradi M, Hsissou R, Khudhair M, et al. 2019. Textile finishing dyes and their impact on aquatic environs. Heliyon 5: e02711. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03271.
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). The production of dyes reaches 7 x 107 tons per year in the world, of which Brazil accounts for 2.6 %. Of this production, 10-20% is transformed into wastewater (Carneiro & Zanoni 2016Carneiro PA, Zanoni VBM. 2016. Corantes Têxteis. In: Zanoni VB, Yamanaka H. Corantes Caracterização química, toxicológica, métodos de detecção e tratamento. São Paulo, Editora UNESP. p. 13-38. ; Sen et al. 2016Sen SK, Raut S, Bandyopadhyay P, Raut S. 2016. Fungal decolouration and degradation of azo dyes: A review. Fungal Biology Reviews 30: 112-133. ; Benkhaya et al. 2020Benkhaya S, Mrabet A, El Harfi. 2020. Classification, properties, recent synthesis of azo dyes. Heliyon 6: e03271. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02711.
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). Indigo carmine synthetic dye belongs to the group of indigoids and has a ketone group (C = O) in its chemical structure. It is widely used in the food, paper, cellulose and textile industries, being indispensable in dyeing denim (Choi 2020Choi KY. 2020. A review of recent progress in the synthesis of bio-indigoids and their biologically assisted end-use applications. Dyes and Pigments 181: 108570. doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108570.
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& 2021Choi KY. 2021. Discoloration of indigo dyes by eco-friendly biocatalysts. Dyes and Pigments 184: 108749. doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108749.
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; Chowdhury et al. 2020Chowdhury MF, Khandaker S, Sarker F, Islamb A, Rahman MT, Awual MDR. 2020. Current treatment technologies and mechanisms for removal of indigo carmine dyes from wastewater: A review. Journal of Molecular Liquids 318: 114061. doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114061.
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). Considered chemically stable and difficult to remove when discarded in the environment (Guaratini & Zanoni 2000Guaratini CCI, Zanoni MVB. 2000. Corantes têxteis. Química Nova 23: 71-78.; Choi 2020Choi KY. 2020. A review of recent progress in the synthesis of bio-indigoids and their biologically assisted end-use applications. Dyes and Pigments 181: 108570. doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108570.
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), it is one of the main causes of wastewater coloring originated from textile effluents. The yarn dyeing process requires large amounts of water: it is estimated that for each kilogram of manufactured product, 200 to 400 liters of water are required, 88 % of which will be discarded with more than 10,000 by-products, as chlorinated compounds, salts, auxiliary chemicals, surfactants and especially dyes (Sen et al. 2016Sen SK, Raut S, Bandyopadhyay P, Raut S. 2016. Fungal decolouration and degradation of azo dyes: A review. Fungal Biology Reviews 30: 112-133. ; Almeida et al. 2016Almeida ÉJR, Dilarri G, Corso CR. 2016. A indústria têxtil no Brasil: uma revisão dos seus impactos ambientais e possíveis tratamentos para os seus efluentes. Conexão Água: Boletim das águas. https://conexaoagua.mpf.mp.br/boletim-das-aguas/edicao-2016. 20 Mar. 2021.
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; Singh 2017Singh L. 2017. Biodegradation of synthetic dyes: a micoremediation approach for degradation/decolourization of textile dyes and effluents. Journal of Applied Biotechnology and Bioengineering 3: doi: 0081.10.15406/jabb.2017.03.00081.
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; Choi 2020Choi KY. 2020. A review of recent progress in the synthesis of bio-indigoids and their biologically assisted end-use applications. Dyes and Pigments 181: 108570. doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108570.
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; De Oliveira et al. 2021De Oliveira CRS, Silva Júnior AH, Mulinari J, Immich APS. 2021. Textile Re-Engineering: Eco-responsible solutions for a more sustainable industry. Sustainable Production and Consumption 28: 1232-1248.).

There are numerous chemical and physical dye removal strategies implemented over the years. These include adsorption, flocculation, photodegradation, membrane filtration and coagulation (Adenan et al. 2020Adenan NH, Lim YY, Su Yien Ting A. 2020. Discovering Decolorization Potential of Triphenylmethane Dyes by Actinobacteria from Soil. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: 231-560. ). The treatment of wastewater from the textile industry, especially discoloration, is expensive and not always effective as it can generate a large volume of sludge and generally requires the addition of other chemical additives dangerous to the environment (Singh 2017Singh L. 2017. Biodegradation of synthetic dyes: a micoremediation approach for degradation/decolourization of textile dyes and effluents. Journal of Applied Biotechnology and Bioengineering 3: doi: 0081.10.15406/jabb.2017.03.00081.
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). Therefore, the search for low-cost biological alternatives is urgent. Biological removal of dyes can occur through three mechanisms: biosorption, bioaccumulation and/or biodegradation (Sen et al. 2016Sen SK, Raut S, Bandyopadhyay P, Raut S. 2016. Fungal decolouration and degradation of azo dyes: A review. Fungal Biology Reviews 30: 112-133. ; Singh 2017Singh L. 2017. Biodegradation of synthetic dyes: a micoremediation approach for degradation/decolourization of textile dyes and effluents. Journal of Applied Biotechnology and Bioengineering 3: doi: 0081.10.15406/jabb.2017.03.00081.
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; Chowdhury et al. 2020Chowdhury MF, Khandaker S, Sarker F, Islamb A, Rahman MT, Awual MDR. 2020. Current treatment technologies and mechanisms for removal of indigo carmine dyes from wastewater: A review. Journal of Molecular Liquids 318: 114061. doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114061.
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). Biosorption involves trapping the dye by binding the dye molecules to the functional groups present on the cell wall. Subsequently, the dyes are accumulated intracellularly in the living cells through a process known as bioaccumulation. The biodegradation process involves the breakdown of dye molecules by enzymes produced by microbial cells, where complete eradication of dyes is possible (Jasińska et al. 2015Jasińska A, Paraszkiewicz K, Słaba M, Długoński J. 2015. Microbial decolorization of triphenylmethane dyes. In: Singh S. (Ed.). Microbial Degradation of Synthetic Dyes in Wastewaters. Environmental Science and Engineering. Cham, Springer.; Adenan et al. 2020Adenan NH, Lim YY, Su Yien Ting A. 2020. Discovering Decolorization Potential of Triphenylmethane Dyes by Actinobacteria from Soil. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: 231-560. ). Mycoremediation emerges as an economically viable and ecologically effective biological alternative, as fungi are able to adapt to various pH and temperature ranges, in addition to producing extracellular lignolytic enzymes such as laccase (EC 1.10.3.2), lignin peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.14) and manganese peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.13), which can mineralize xenobiotic and recalcitrant compounds (Tien & Kirk 1984Tien M, Kirk TK. 1984. Lignin degrading from Phanerochaete chrysosporium purification, characterization and catalytic properties of unique H2O2-requiring oxygenase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 81: 2280-2284.; Ellouze & Sayadi 2016Ellouze M, Sayadi S. 2016. White-Rot Fungi and their Enzymes as a Biotechnological Tool for Xenobiotic Bioremediation. IntechOpen. doi: 10.5772/64145.
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). White rot fungi, mainly Agaricomycetes, have been identified as a potentially efficient biological tool in the removal of synthetic dyes from textile effluents (Wesenberg et al. 2003Wesenberg D, Kyriakides I, Agathos SN. 2003. White-rot fungi and their enzymes for the treatment of industrial dye effluents. Biotechnology Advances 22: 161-187. ; Ali 2010Ali, H. 2010. Biodegradation of synthetic Dyes, a Review. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 213: 251-273. ). Some studies have demonstrated the efficacy of Trametes species in the degradation of phenolic compounds in effluents from the paper industry, degradation of pentachlorophenol and synthetic dyes in textile effluents (Rodrígues-Couto 2009Rodríguez-Couto S. 2009. Dye removal by immobilized fungi. Biotechnology Advances 27: 227-235. , Pinedo-Rivilla et al. 2009Pinedo-Rivilla C, Aleu J, Collado IG. 2009. Pollutants Biodegradation by Fungi. Current Organic Chemistry. doi: 1310.2174/138527209788921774.
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; Pandey et al. 2017Pandey K, Singh B, Pandey AK, et al. 2017. Application of Microbial Enzymes in Industrial Waste Water Treatment. International Journal Current Microbiology Applied Sciences 6:8 1243-1254. ). However, in Brazil, which has a high mycodiversity (Forzza et al. 2010Forzza RC, Baumgratz JFA, Bicudo CEM, et al. 2010. Catálogo de plantas e fungos. Instituto de Pesquisa Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Scielo Books. ; Maia et al. 2015Maia LC, Carvalho Junior AA, Cavalcanti LH, et al. 2015. Diversity of Brazilian Fungi. Rodriguésia 64: 1-13.), little is known about the potential for degradation and discoloration of the species collected in the country (Balan & Monteiro 2001Balan DSL, Monteiro RTR. 2001. Decolorization of textile indigo dye by ligninolytic fungi. Journal of Biotechnology 89: 141-145. ; Lyra et al. 2009Lyra FS, Moreira KA, Porto TS, et al. 2009. Decolorization of synthetic dyes by basidiomycetes isolated from woods of the Atlantic Forest (PE), Brazil. World Journal Microbiology Biotechnology 25: 1499-1504. ; Motato-Vasquéz et al. 2016Motato-Vásquez V, Pires RM, Vitali VMV, Gugliotta AM. 2016. Cultural and ligninolytic activity studies of some polypores (Basidiomycota) from Brazilian Atlantic Forest, São Paulo State, Brazil. Hoehnea 43: 289-300. ; Araújo et al. 2020Araújo CAV, Contato AG, Aranha GM, et al. 2020. Biodiscoloration, Detoxification and Biosorption of Reactive Blue 268 by Trametes sp. M3: a Strategy for the Treatment of Textile Effluents. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: 231-349. ).

Thus, the aim of the present study was to test three strains of two species of Trametes collected in Northeast Brazil for the ability to remove the indigo carmine used in the customization of denim and to quantify lignolytic enzymes laccase (EC 1.10.3.2), lignin peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.14) and manganese peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.13) produced after the experiment.

Materials and methods

Microorganism: collection and cultivation conditions

Specimens of Trametes lactinea (Berk.) Sacc. were collected on the campus of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (08°03'07"S 34°56'59"O, Atlantic Forest domain) in November 2019, while T. villosa (Sw.) Kreisel was collected in the Chapada Diamantina National Park (13°14'31”S, 41°40'7” O, Caatinga domain) in March 2015.

For culture, three fragments with a diameter of 5 mm were removed from the basidiomata and transferred to Petri dishes containing 2 % malt extract supplemented with chloramphenicol (20 mg L-1). The plates were kept at 28 °C for 7 days or until mycelial development (Cavalcanti 1972Cavalcanti MAQ. 1972. Caracteres culturais de alguns Basidiomycetes isolados em Recife. Instituto de Micologia Universidade do Recife 694: 1-15. ; Stalpers 1978Stalpers JA. 1978. Identification of wood-inhabiting Aphyllophorales in pure culture. Studies in Mycology 16.; Motato-Vásquez et al. 2016Motato-Vásquez V, Pires RM, Vitali VMV, Gugliotta AM. 2016. Cultural and ligninolytic activity studies of some polypores (Basidiomycota) from Brazilian Atlantic Forest, São Paulo State, Brazil. Hoehnea 43: 289-300. ).

The cultures obtained were deposited in the Collection of Cultures Micoteca URM of the Department of Mycology of the Center Biosciences of the Federal University of Pernambuco under registration numbers URM8350 (T. lactinea), URM8354 (T. lactinea) and URM8022 (T. villosa).

Microorganism: identification

The morphological identification of the basidioma and DNA analyses followed the usual for this group (Gomes-Silva et al. 2010Gomes-Silva AC, Gibertoni TB, Ryvarden L. 2010. Notes on Trametes from the Amazonia. Mycotaxon 113: 61-71. ; Verma et al. 2018Verma RK, Asaiya AJK, Kumar S. 2018. Diversity of Macro-fungi in central India-XI: Trametes lactinea on Terminalia arjuna, a new host record. Tropical Forest Research Institute 5(2): 40-43.; Xavier et al. 2020Xavier LV, Lira CRS, Chikowski RS, Lima NMVS, Santos CIA, Gibertoni TB. 2020. Additions to neotropical stereoid fungi (Polyporales, Basidiomycota): one new species of Lopharia and one new combination in Phlebiopsis. Mycological Progress 19: 31-40. ). The resulting ITS and LSU sequences were subjected to BLASTn search in NCBI to verify the closest identification match.

Qualitative tests for phenoloxidase

The qualitative analysis of phenoloxidase activity was verified using the Bavendamm method, which allows observing the production of cellular oxidase such as laccase, lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase, in addition to tyrosine and catechol oxidase (Nobles 1965Nobles MK. 1965. Identification of cultures of wood-inhabiting hymenomycetes. Canadian Journal of Botany 43: 1097-1139. ; Melo & Azevedo 2008Melo IS, Azevedo JL. 2008. Microbiologia Ambiental. 2nd. edn. Jaguariúna. Embrapa Meio Ambiente. ). In our assay, an agar block with diameter of 5 mm was removed from colonies with 7 days of cultivation and transferred to the center of the Petri dishes with diameter of 90 mm containing solid malt agar medium plus tannic acid (0.5 %). The control was prepared under the same conditions without tannic acid. All procedures were performed under aseptic conditions. After 3 days of incubation, the formation of a brown halo was observed in the colony reverse, indicating a positive reaction to produce phenoloxidases. These halos were measured with the aid of a digital caliper. The enzyme index was measured through the relationship between the average diameter of the degradation zone and the average diameter of the colony, expressed in millimeters (Hankin & Anagnostakis 1975Hankin L, Anagnostakis SL. 1975. The use of media for detection of enzymes production by fungi. Mycologia 67: 597-607. ; Silva et al. 2019Silva BNS, Ferreira MA, Santos NJR. 2019. Biodegradação da madeira de eucalipto por fungos de podridão. Biodegradation of eucalyptus. Revista Agrária Acadêmica 2: 5. doi: 10.32406/v2n52019/41-54/agrariacad.
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Discoloration tests

The indigo carmine dye was of analytical grade purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri, USA and used at a concentration of 50 mg L-1. The experiment was carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks (250 mL) containing 50 mL of Kirk medium without sterilization (Kirk & Farrell 1987Kirk TK, Farrel RL. 1987. Enzymatic “combustion”: The microbial degradation of lignin. Annual Review of Microbiology 41: 465-505. ) plus 5 disks of the fungal mycelium with diameter of 5 mm grown in 2 % malt extract after 7 days. The vials were kept for 120 h at ± 28 °C under static condition; 2 mL aliquots were removed from the broth and centrifuged at 1500 rpm for 15 min at 4 °C. The percentage of discoloration (D %) was calculated according to equation: D % = [(Abscontrol-Abstest)/Abscontol)] × 100, by which abscontrol (absorbance of the control) and abstest (absorbance with fungal treatment) denote the percentage of discoloration the at 610 nm. As a control, Kirk medium was used with the dye without fungal inoculum. The experiments were carried out in triplicate.

The discolored broth was used to quantify the production of the enzymes laccase, manganese peroxidase and lignin peroxidase.

Enzymatic assays

The enzymatic activity of the laccase was verified by measuring the oxidation of ABTS (2,2′-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) 0.5 mM in 100 mM sodium acetate buffer (pH 5) plus the enzyme broth. The final volume of the reaction was 1 mL (800 μL of ABTS + 100 μL of sodium acetate buffer + 100 μL of crude extract). Activity was calculated based on ABTS molar absorptivity (ε420nm = 36,000 M-1. Cm-1) (Bourbonnais et al. 1997Bourbonnais R, Paice MG, Freiermuth B, Bodie E, Borneman S. 1997. Reactivities of various mediators and laccases with Kraft pulp and lignin model compounds. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63: 4627-4632.; Boran 2019Boran F, Birhanli E, Yesilada Ö, Özbey E. 2019. Comparison of indigo carmine decolorization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and crude laccase enzyme from Funalia trogii. Turkish Journal Biology 7: 37-46. ). The activity of lignin peroxidase was verified through the oxidation of the mixture composed of 375 μL of 0.25 M sodium tartrate buffer at pH 3.0; 125 μL of 10 mM veratryl alcohol; 50 μL of 2 mM hydrogen peroxide and 500 μL of enzymatic extract. The reaction was monitored on a spectrophotometer at a length of 310 nm (ε310nm = 9,300 M-1. Cm-1) (Tien & Kirk 1984Tien M, Kirk TK. 1984. Lignin degrading from Phanerochaete chrysosporium purification, characterization and catalytic properties of unique H2O2-requiring oxygenase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 81: 2280-2284.). The reaction mixture for manganese peroxidase (1mL) was composed of 100 µL of phenol red (0.01 %), 100 µL of sodium lactate (25 mM), 50 µL of MnS04 (100 mM), 200 µL of egg albumin (0.5 %), 50 µL of H202 (100 µM) in 20 mM sodium succinate buffer (pH 4.5) and 500 µL of enzymatic extract. The reactions were carried out at 30 °C for 5 minutes and stopped with the addition of 40µL of 2N NaOH. The absorbance was monitored at 610 nm (Kuwahara et al. 1984Kuwahara M, Glenn JK, Morgan MA, Gold MH. 1984. Separation and characterization of two extracellular H2O2 dependent oxidases from ligninolytic cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Federation of European Biochemical Societies Letters 169: 247-250. ). A unit of enzymatic activity was defined as 1 µmol of the product formed per minute. All tests were performed in triplicate.

Statistical analysis

The decolorization test was carried out in triplicate. The data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24.0. The Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison test (honestly significant difference, HSD, P <0.05) or paired t test (P <0.05) was also performed to evaluate statistical significance between the mean values.

Results and Discussion

Morphological and molecular identification

The specimens were morphologically identified as Trametes lactinea (URM8350, URM8354) and T. villosa (URM8022). DNA analyses resulted in one ITS sequence for each specimen T. lactinea URM8350 (MW578797), T. lactinea URM8354 (MW578798) and T. villosa URM8022 (MW578795) and LSU sequences for both T. lactinea URM8350 (MW553720), T. lactinea URM8354 (MW553721) and T. villosa URM8022 (MW553718). BLASTn search confirmed the original identifications.

Detection of phenoloxidases

All strains tested showed a dark amber halo in three days of the experiment, evidenced by the degradation of tannic acid and the production of phenoloxidases: diameter of 80 mm for T. villosa (URM8022), of 90 mm for T. lactinea (URM8350) and of 80 mm for T. lactinea (URM8354). According to Bavendamm (1928Bavendamm W. 1928. Uber das vorkommen und den nachweis von oxydasen bei holzzerstorenden pilzen. Z Pflanzenkr Pflanzenschutz 38: 257-276.), these amber-colored diffusion zones around the fungal colony are the result of the oxidation of phenolic acid produced by extracellular phenoloxidases. The detection of phenoloxidases in microorganisms is used as a way to select promising strains with the potential for degradation of complex compounds to be used in studies of degradation of recalcitrant compounds. The production of phenoloxidase complex enzymes is associated with the discoloration of synthetic dyes due to the similarity in the chemical structure of the dyes and the components of lignin (Melo & Azevedo 2008Melo IS, Azevedo JL. 2008. Microbiologia Ambiental. 2nd. edn. Jaguariúna. Embrapa Meio Ambiente. ; Arora & Sharma 2010Arora DS, Sharma RK. 2010. Ligninolytic fungal laccases and their biotechnological applications. Applied Biochemistry Biotechnology 160: 1760-1788. ; Sen et al. 2016Sen SK, Raut S, Bandyopadhyay P, Raut S. 2016. Fungal decolouration and degradation of azo dyes: A review. Fungal Biology Reviews 30: 112-133. ; Singh 2017Singh L. 2017. Biodegradation of synthetic dyes: a micoremediation approach for degradation/decolourization of textile dyes and effluents. Journal of Applied Biotechnology and Bioengineering 3: doi: 0081.10.15406/jabb.2017.03.00081.
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).

Discoloration of indigo carmine

Trametes villosa (URM8022), T. lactinea (URM8350) and T. lactinea were all able to degrade indigo carmine (Fig. 1) at high rates (Tab. 1). The results referring to the percentage of discoloration were submitted to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the effects were considered significant for p < 0.05. All groups showed values of F (26.60) greater than the values, indicating that there is a significant difference in all experiments performed in the present work.

Figure 1
Discoloration of the indigo carmine dye (50 mg L-1) by three strains of Trametes during 120 h at 28 °C under static condition.

Table 1
Percentage of discoloration and production of laccase (Lac) and manganese peroxidase (MnP) enzymes in units per liter (U/L) by Trametes strains after decolorization of indigo carmine dye for 120 h.

Species of Trametes are well studied for discoloration of various synthetic dyes: T. trogii discolored 97 % of the remazol brilliant blue (Zouari-Mechichi et al. 2006Zouari-Mechichi H, Mechichi T, Dhouib A, Sayadi S, Martinez AT, Martinez MJ. 2006. Laccase purification and characterization from Trametes trogii isolated in Tunisia: Decolorization of textile dyes by the purified enzyme. Enzyme Microbiology Technology 39: 141-148. ); T. hirsuta, 94 % indigo carmine, 85 % of Bromophenol Blue, 41 % of Methyl Orange and 47 % Poly R-478 (Rodríguez-Couto et al. 2006Rodríguez-Couto S, Rosales E, Sanromán MA. 2006. Decolourization of synthetic dyes by Trametes hirsuta in expanded-bed reactors. Chemosphere 62: 1558-1563.); T. membranacea, 99.2 % of bromophenol blue and 71.8% of methylene blue (Lyra et al. 2009Lyra FS, Moreira KA, Porto TS, et al. 2009. Decolorization of synthetic dyes by basidiomycetes isolated from woods of the Atlantic Forest (PE), Brazil. World Journal Microbiology Biotechnology 25: 1499-1504. ); T. trogii, 8 % of indigo carmine in the first hour of experiment (Grassi et al. 2011Grassi E, Scodeller P, Filiel N, Carballo R, Levin L. 2011. Potential of Trametes trogii culture fluids and its purified laccase for the decolorization of different types of recalcitrant dyes without the addition of redox mediators. International Biodeterioration Biodegradation 65: 635-643. ), 69% of Janus Green and 6 % of Poly R-478 (Levin et al. 2010Levin L, Melignani E, Ramos M. 2010. Effect of nitrogen sources and vitamins on ligninolytic enzyme production by some white-rot fungi. Dye decolorization by selected culture filtrates. Journal of Bioresource Technology 10: 4554-4563. ); T. pubescens, 59 % of Bemaplex Navy M-T and 50 % of Bezaktiv Blue BA (Rodríguez-Couto 2014Rodríguez-Couto S. 2014. Decolouration of industrial metal-complex dyes in successive batches by active cultures of Trametes pubescens. Biotechnology Reports 4: 156-160. ); T. versicolor, 44.74% of blue indigo 24 hours after the maximum recorded activity of laccase (Lopes et al. 2014Lopes MMG, Sales PTF, Campos LC, Schimidt F, Santiago MF. 2014. Study of decolorization of FD&C blue # 2 indigotine by fungus Trametes versicolor combined with slow sand filtration. Engenharia Sanitaria Ambiental 19: 113-120. ) and 93.5 % of Remazol Brilliant Yellow 3-GL (Asgher et al. 2016Asgher M, Shah SAH, Iqbal HMN. 2016. Statistical Correlation between Ligninolytic Enzymes Secretion and Remazol Brilliant Yellow-3GL Dye Degradation Potential of Trametes versicolor IBL-04. Water Environment Research 88: 338-345. ); T. ljubarskyi, 97.7 % of reactive violet 5 (Goh et al. 2017Goh SM, Chan MY, Ong LGA. 2017. Degradation potential of basidiomycetes Trametes ljubarskyi on Reactive Violet 5 (RV5) using urea as optimum nitrogen source. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment 31: 743-748. ); T. villosa, 93.8 % of acid orange 142 (Ortiz-Monsalve et al. 2019Ortiz-Monsalve S, Valente P, Polla E, Jaramillo-García V. 2019. Biodecolourization and biodetoxification of dye-containing wastewaters from leather dyeing by the native fungal strain Trametes villosa SCS-10. Biochemical Engineering Journal 141: 19-28. ); and T. polyzona, 90 % at 100 mg L-1, 91 % at 150mg L-1 and 93 % at 200 mg L-1 of indigo carmine (Uribe-Arizmendi et al. 2020Uribe-Arizmendi I, Anducho-Reyes MA, Ramírez-Vargas MR, Cadena-Ramírez A, Muro-Urista CR, Téllez-Jurado A. 2020. Biological Decolorization of Amaranth, Denim Blue, and Orange G with Trametes polyzona. Water Air Soil Pollution 231: 307. doi: 10.1007/s11270-020-04705-9.
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). However, T. lactinea has not been tested before for discoloration of indigo carmine. Also, studies of discoloration of indigo carmine using species, not only of Trametes, collected in Brazil are scarce.

Lyra et al. (2009Lyra FS, Moreira KA, Porto TS, et al. 2009. Decolorization of synthetic dyes by basidiomycetes isolated from woods of the Atlantic Forest (PE), Brazil. World Journal Microbiology Biotechnology 25: 1499-1504. ) found that T. membranacea collected in the Atlantic Forest was able to discolor 99.2 % of the bromophenol blue and 71.8 % of the methylene blue in 10 days, while Lopes et al. (2014Lopes MMG, Sales PTF, Campos LC, Schimidt F, Santiago MF. 2014. Study of decolorization of FD&C blue # 2 indigotine by fungus Trametes versicolor combined with slow sand filtration. Engenharia Sanitaria Ambiental 19: 113-120. ) obtained efficient results in 44.78 % in 5 days. More recently, Ortiz-Monsalve et al. (2019Ortiz-Monsalve S, Valente P, Polla E, Jaramillo-García V. 2019. Biodecolourization and biodetoxification of dye-containing wastewaters from leather dyeing by the native fungal strain Trametes villosa SCS-10. Biochemical Engineering Journal 141: 19-28. ) tested T. villosa, also collected in the Atlantic Forest, for discoloration of acid orange 142 and observed discoloration of 93.8 % in 264 h of incubation. To date, our study is the first report of discoloration of indigo carmine and quantification of lignolytic enzymes using species of Trametes collected in Brazil.

Quantification of detected enzymes

In the present study, the production of enzymes was detected (Tab. 1). The low enzyme indices observed for laccase may be related to the presence of the dye, as found by Novotný et al. (2001Novotný C, Rawal B, Bhatt M, Patel M, Sasek V, Molitoris P. 2001. Capacity of Irpex lacteus and Pleurotus ostreatus for decolorization of chemically different dyes. Journal Biotechnology 89: 113-122. ), who observed that the presence of dye decreased the detection rates of laccase and manganese peroxidase in a lineage of Irpex lacteus, as well as the mycelial development of the fungus. Trombini & Obara-Doi (2012Trombini RB, Obara-Doi SM. 2012. Remoção de cor e análises físico-químicas de efluentes de indústrias têxteis tratados com Ganoderma spp. Revista Fapciência 9: 101-122.) obtained 99.97 % of discoloration using Ganoderma sp. and low laccase indices, showing the action of another enzyme or other mechanisms involved in the discoloration process. Dye discoloration process may involve the participation of enzymes as well as the association of other mechanisms such as adsorption involved in the discoloration process (Novotný et al. 2001Novotný C, Rawal B, Bhatt M, Patel M, Sasek V, Molitoris P. 2001. Capacity of Irpex lacteus and Pleurotus ostreatus for decolorization of chemically different dyes. Journal Biotechnology 89: 113-122. ; Rodríguez-Couto et al. 2004Rodríguez-Couto S, Hofer D, Sanromán MA, Gübitz GM. 2004. Production of laccase by Trametes hirsuta grown in an immersion bioreactor. Application to decolourisation of dyes from a leather factory. Engineering in Life Sciences 4: 233-238. ; Srinivasan & Viraraghavan 2010Srinivasan A, Viraraghavan T. 2010. Decolorization of dye wastewaters by biosorbents: a review. Journal Environmental Management 91: 1915-1929. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.05.003.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.0...
). Several studies indicate that laccase acts as the enzyme responsible for discoloration (Levin et al. 2004Levin L, Papinutti L, Forchiassin F. 2004. Evaluation of Argentinean white rot fungi for their ability to produce lignin-modifying enzymes and decolorize industrial dyes. Journal Bioresource Technology 94: 169-176. ; Rodríguez-Couto et al. 2004Rodríguez-Couto S, Hofer D, Sanromán MA, Gübitz GM. 2004. Production of laccase by Trametes hirsuta grown in an immersion bioreactor. Application to decolourisation of dyes from a leather factory. Engineering in Life Sciences 4: 233-238. ; Rodriguéz-Couto et al. 2006Rodríguez-Couto S, Rosales E, Sanromán MA. 2006. Decolourization of synthetic dyes by Trametes hirsuta in expanded-bed reactors. Chemosphere 62: 1558-1563.; Zeng et al. 2011Zeng X, Cai Y, Liao X, Zeng X, Li W, Zhang D. 2011. Decolorization of synthetic dyes by crude laccase from a newly isolated Trametes trogii strain cultivated on solid agro-industrial residue. Journal of Hazardous Materials 187: 517-525. ; Yuan et al. 2012Yuan HS, Dai YC, Steffen K. 2012. Screening and evaluation of white rot fungi to decolourise synthetic dyes, with particular reference to Antrodiella albocinnamomea. Mycology 3: 100-108. ; Younes et al. 2015Younes SB, Cherif I, Dhouib A, Sayadi S. 2015. Trametes trogii: A Biologic Powerful Tool for Dyes Decolorization and Detoxification. Catalysis Letters. doi: 10.1007/s10562-015-1629-x.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-015-1629-...
; Orzechowski et al. 2018Orzechowski J, Rampinelli JR, Silveira MLL, Bonatti-Chaves M, Furlan AS. 2018. Avaliação do Potencial de Descoloração e de Detoxificação de Corantes Têxteis por Lacase de Pleurotus sajor-caju. Evidência 18: 59-80. ; Uribe-Arizmendi et al. 2020Uribe-Arizmendi I, Anducho-Reyes MA, Ramírez-Vargas MR, Cadena-Ramírez A, Muro-Urista CR, Téllez-Jurado A. 2020. Biological Decolorization of Amaranth, Denim Blue, and Orange G with Trametes polyzona. Water Air Soil Pollution 231: 307. doi: 10.1007/s11270-020-04705-9.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04705...
). However, the participation of manganese peroxidase has also been observed in some discoloration studies (Eichlerová et al. 2007Eichlerová I, Homolka L, Benada O, Kofronová O, Hubálek T, Neruda F. 2007. Decolorization of Orange G and Remazol Brilliant Blue R by the white rot fungus Dichomitus squalens: Toxicological evaluation and morphological study. Chemosphere 69: 795-802. ; Grassi et al. 2011Grassi E, Scodeller P, Filiel N, Carballo R, Levin L. 2011. Potential of Trametes trogii culture fluids and its purified laccase for the decolorization of different types of recalcitrant dyes without the addition of redox mediators. International Biodeterioration Biodegradation 65: 635-643. ; Li et al. 2015Li H, Zhang R, Tang L, Zhang J, Mao Z. 2015. Manganese peroxidase production from cassava residue by Phanerochaete chrysosporium in solid state fermentation and its decolorization of indigo carmine. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering 23: 227-233. ; Zhang et al. 2016Zhang H, Zhang S, He F, Qin X, Zhang X, Yang Y. 2016. Characterization of a manganese peroxidase from white-rot fungus Trametes sp. 48424 with strong ability of degrading different types of dyes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Journal of Hazardous Materials 320: 265-277. ).

In the present study, the indices of discoloration of indigo carmine were well above the rate observed by Lopes et al. (2014Lopes MMG, Sales PTF, Campos LC, Schimidt F, Santiago MF. 2014. Study of decolorization of FD&C blue # 2 indigotine by fungus Trametes versicolor combined with slow sand filtration. Engenharia Sanitaria Ambiental 19: 113-120. ), Rodríguez-Couto (2014Rodríguez-Couto S. 2014. Decolouration of industrial metal-complex dyes in successive batches by active cultures of Trametes pubescens. Biotechnology Reports 4: 156-160. ) and Levin et al. (2010Levin L, Melignani E, Ramos M. 2010. Effect of nitrogen sources and vitamins on ligninolytic enzyme production by some white-rot fungi. Dye decolorization by selected culture filtrates. Journal of Bioresource Technology 10: 4554-4563. ). The discoloration time observed in the present study was relatively better if compared to other studies. Uribe-Arizmendi et al. (2020Uribe-Arizmendi I, Anducho-Reyes MA, Ramírez-Vargas MR, Cadena-Ramírez A, Muro-Urista CR, Téllez-Jurado A. 2020. Biological Decolorization of Amaranth, Denim Blue, and Orange G with Trametes polyzona. Water Air Soil Pollution 231: 307. doi: 10.1007/s11270-020-04705-9.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04705...
) carried out their experiments in 21 days (T. polyzona, 90 % at 100 mg L-1, 91 % at 150mg L-1 and 93 % at 200 mg L-1 of indigo carmine), Ortiz-Monsalve et al. (2019Ortiz-Monsalve S, Valente P, Polla E, Jaramillo-García V. 2019. Biodecolourization and biodetoxification of dye-containing wastewaters from leather dyeing by the native fungal strain Trametes villosa SCS-10. Biochemical Engineering Journal 141: 19-28. ) in 264 h (T. villosa, 93.8 % of acid orange 142), Lyra et al. (2009Lyra FS, Moreira KA, Porto TS, et al. 2009. Decolorization of synthetic dyes by basidiomycetes isolated from woods of the Atlantic Forest (PE), Brazil. World Journal Microbiology Biotechnology 25: 1499-1504. ) in 10 days (T. membranacea, 99.2 % of bromophenol blue and 71.8 % of methylene blue), and Zouari-Mechichi et al. (2006Zouari-Mechichi H, Mechichi T, Dhouib A, Sayadi S, Martinez AT, Martinez MJ. 2006. Laccase purification and characterization from Trametes trogii isolated in Tunisia: Decolorization of textile dyes by the purified enzyme. Enzyme Microbiology Technology 39: 141-148. ) after three weeks (T. trogii, 97 % of the remazol brilliant blue). Generally, studies that report good results of dye discoloration in a shorter time are those that use optimization of the enzymes of interest with addition of the dye after enzymatic production, commonly laccase and/or manganese peroxidase (Campos et al. 2001Campos R, Kandelbauer A, Robra KH, Paulo AC, Gubitz GM. 2001. Indigo degradation with purified laccases from Trametes hirsuta and sclerotim rolfsii. Journal of Biotechnology 8: 131-139. ; Rodriguez-Couto et al. 2006Rodríguez-Couto S, Rosales E, Sanromán MA. 2006. Decolourization of synthetic dyes by Trametes hirsuta in expanded-bed reactors. Chemosphere 62: 1558-1563.; Li et al. 2015Li H, Zhang R, Tang L, Zhang J, Mao Z. 2015. Manganese peroxidase production from cassava residue by Phanerochaete chrysosporium in solid state fermentation and its decolorization of indigo carmine. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering 23: 227-233. ; Wang et al. 2019Wang F, Xu L, Zhao LT, Ding ZY, Ma HL, Terry N. 2019. Fungal laccase production from lignocellulosic agricultural wastes by solid-state fermentation: a review. Microorganisms 7: 665. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7120665.
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; Xu et al. 2020Xu L, Sun K, Wang F, Zhao L, Hu J, Ma H. 2020. Laccase production by Trametes versicolor in solid-state fermentation using tea residues as substrate and its application in dye decolorization. Journal of Environmental Management 270: 110904. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110904.
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).

The chemical treatment processes of indigo carmine generate potentially dangerous by-products and sludge, causing serious environmental pollution. The treatment with indigoids using the enzymatic arsenal of fungal species has been considered a promising strategy at an environmental and economic level (Nyanhongo et al. 2007Nyanhongo GS, Gübitz G, Sukyai P, Leitner C, Haltrich D, Ludwig R. 2007. Oxidoreductases from Trametes spp., Food Technology and Biotechnology. 45:3 250-268.; Mugdha & Usha 2012Mugdha A, Usha M. 2012. Enzymatic treatment of waste containing dyestuffs using different delivery systems. Scientific Reviews and Chemical Communications 2: 31-40.; Li et al. 2015Li H, Zhang R, Tang L, Zhang J, Mao Z. 2015. Manganese peroxidase production from cassava residue by Phanerochaete chrysosporium in solid state fermentation and its decolorization of indigo carmine. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering 23: 227-233. ). Species belonging to the genus Trametes can produce multiple isoforms of Lac and MnP expressed under different cultivation conditions. However, LiP, when observed, is produced in low quantities (Choi 2021Choi KY. 2021. Discoloration of indigo dyes by eco-friendly biocatalysts. Dyes and Pigments 184: 108749. doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108749.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.10...
). Lacase contains copper polyphenoloxidases, produces four free electrons that react with phenolic and non-phenolic molecules and is one of the few enzymes capable of catalyzing the reduction of four electrons of molecular oxygen to water and even produced in small quantities can act in the degradation of recalcitrant compounds. The catalytic efficacy of Lac and MnP in the removal of recalcitrant compounds is due to the high redox potential, activity and stability of these enzymes, whether in a raw or purified state. However, other enzymes may be involved in the discoloration process (Nyanhongo et al. 2007Nyanhongo GS, Gübitz G, Sukyai P, Leitner C, Haltrich D, Ludwig R. 2007. Oxidoreductases from Trametes spp., Food Technology and Biotechnology. 45:3 250-268.; Campos et al. 2016Campos PA, Levin LN, Wirth SA. 2016. Heterologous production, characterization and dye decolorization ability of a novel thermostable laccase isoenzyme from Trametes trogii BAFC 463. Process Biochemistry 51: 895-903. ; Zheng et al. 2017Zheng F, An Q, Meng G, et al. 2017. A novel laccase from white rot fungus Trametes orientalis: purification, characterization, and application. International Journal Biological Macromolecules 102: 758-70. ; Xu et al. 2020Xu L, Sun K, Wang F, Zhao L, Hu J, Ma H. 2020. Laccase production by Trametes versicolor in solid-state fermentation using tea residues as substrate and its application in dye decolorization. Journal of Environmental Management 270: 110904. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110904.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.1...
; Choi 2021Choi KY. 2021. Discoloration of indigo dyes by eco-friendly biocatalysts. Dyes and Pigments 184: 108749. doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108749.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.10...
).

Species of Agaricomycetes that cause white rot have an arsenal of degradable lignolytic enzymes that can be used in bioremediation processes. These enzymes are expressed according to the composition of the substrate and the lineage used. The interest in identifying promising strains has been increasing as an effort to minimize and/or treat environments polluted or degraded by anthropic action. Knowing the enzymatic potential of neotropical species is essential in view of the fungal megadiversity in these still unexplored but threatened environments. The results obtained here proved that the T. lactinea strains (URM8350), T. lactinea (URM8354) e T. villosa (URM8022), collected in the Northeast of Brazil, showed a significant percentage of indigo carmine discoloration in a short period of time and at a low cost. In this work, it was possible to detect the production of Lac and MnP after dye removal, but LiP was not detected under the conditions of this experiment. The present work allowed, therefore, to identify promising strains of the genus Trametes that can be used to remove synthetic dye from textile effluents. Future studies of enzyme optimization and growing conditions need to be better studied for use on an industrial scale. The understanding of the enzymatic mechanisms acting in the discoloration process presented in the present study, needs to be elucidated. This study presented the first report of use for removing a synthetic dye from the T. lactinea strain. The results presented in this work, even if preliminary, show the potential of the studied strains. The strains T. lactinea (URM8350), T. lactinea (URM8354) and T. villosa (URM8022), collected in Northeastern Brazil, showed significant percentage of discoloration of indigo carmine in a short time and at a low cost and their Lac and MnP were efficient in discoloration of the dye. The present work allowed, thus, the identification of promising strains of the genus Trametes that can be used in the treatment of textile effluents. Further studies will be necessary to verify the toxicity level of the discoloration product.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Vitor Xavier de Lima for the morphological identification of the specimens and review of the statistical analysis, Renato Lúcio de Alvarenga for the DNA analysis, and Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira for submitting the sequences to GenBank. This work was funded by Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco - FACEPE (APQ 0375-2.03/15), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq (PQ 307601/2015-3, PQ 302941/2019-3) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES (PhD scholarship of V. Ferreira-Silva).

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    12 Sept 2022
  • Date of issue
    2022

History

  • Received
    05 Dec 2021
  • Accepted
    11 May 2022
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