Significant Biogenesis of Chlorinated Aromatics by Fungi in Natural Environments
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 60 (1) , 264-270
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.60.1.264-270.1994
Abstract
Common wood- and forest litter-degrading fungi produce chlorinated anisyl metabolites. These compounds, which are structurally related to xenobiotic chloroaromatics, occur at high concentrations of approximately 75 mg of chlorinated anisyl metabolites kg of wood -1 or litter -1 in the environment. The widespread ability among common fungi to produce large amounts of chlorinated aromatic compounds in the environment makes us conclude that these kinds of compounds can no longer be considered to originate mainly from anthropogenic sources.Keywords
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