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Biodegradation Of Heptachlor By Phanerochaetechrysosporium Me 446: The Toxic Effects Ofheptachlor And Its Metabolites On Mice, Münevver Arisoy, Nazif Kolankaya
Biodegradation Of Heptachlor By Phanerochaetechrysosporium Me 446: The Toxic Effects Ofheptachlor And Its Metabolites On Mice, Münevver Arisoy, Nazif Kolankaya
Turkish Journal of Biology
On the basis of degradation properties of Phanerochaete chroysosporiumME 446 found in white-rot fungi in respect of many organic compounds with toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic charac-teristics, the physiological conditions effective for the degradation of heptachlor (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8- heptachloro-3a, 4, 7, 7a-tetrahydro-4, 7-methanoindene), an organic chlorine used in insecticides Phanerochaete chrysosporium ME were determined. The potential toxic effects of heptachlor and metabolites on mice were also investigated. For the degradation of heptachlor, the optimum pH was found to be 5, incubation period 20 days, and incubation temperature, 30 o C-35 o C, while the optimum concentrations …