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Table 2 List of microorganisms capable of degrading BPA

From: Effect of Bisphenol A on human health and its degradation by microorganisms: a review

Microorganisms

Efficiency of degradationa

Mechanism

Reference

1. Fungi

 Stereum hirsutum and Heterobasidium insulare

77 and 68 % (after 3 days of incubation)

MnPb and laccase

Lee et al. 2005

 Irpex lacteus

99.4 % (after 3 h of incubation)

MnP and laccase

Shin et al. 2007

100 % (after 12 h of incubation)

 Trametes versicolor

98.2 and 76.5 %

MnP alone

Shin et al. 2007

A mutant form having Mnp repressed gene

 Pleurotus ostreatus O-48

80 %

MnP

Hirano et al. 2000

2. Bacteria

 Pseudomonas putida

91 %

Peroxidase

Kang and Kondo 2002

 Sphingomonas sp. strain AO1 (later named S. bisphenolicum)

100 %

Cytochrome P450

Sakai et al. 2007

Oshiman et al. 2007

  1. aEfficiency calculated in terms of residual amount of BPA left in culture flask after incubation with particular microbe
  2. b MnP manganese-dependent peroxidase