From: Effect of Bisphenol A on human health and its degradation by microorganisms: a review
Microorganisms | Efficiency of degradationa | Mechanism | Reference |
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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 |
100Â % (after 12Â 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 |