Production and activities of chitinases and hydrophobins from Lecanicillium lecanii.

The production of chitinases and hydrophobins from Lecanicillium lecanii was influenced by the cultivation method and type of carbon source. Crude enzyme obtained from solid-substrate culture presented activities of exochitinases (32 and 51 kDa), endochitinases (26 kDa), β-N-acetylhexosaminidases (61, 80, 96 and 111 kDa). Additionally, submerged cultures produced exochitinases (32 and 45 kDa), endochitinases (10 and 26 kDa) and β-N-acetylhexosaminidases (61, 96 and 111 kDa).

Hydrophobic response of the fungus Rhinocladiella similis in the biofiltration with volatile organic compounds with different polarity.

Rhinocladiella similis biodegraded volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of different polarity in gas-phase biofilters. Elimination capacities, (EC) of 74 g(hexane) m(-3) h(-1), 230 g(ethanol) m(-3) h(-1), 85 g(toluene) m(-3) h(-1) and 30 g(phenol) m(-3) h(-1) were obtained. EC values correlated with the solubility of the VOCs.

Toluene gas phase biofiltration by Paecilomyces lilacinus and isolation and identification of a hydrophobin protein produced thereof.

Paecilomyces lilacinus consumed toluene as the sole carbon source in a gas-phase biofilter packed with perlite obtaining an average elimination capacity of 50 g m(-3) h(-1), a removal efficiency of 53%, and a final biomass of 31.6 mg biomass g dry support(-1). Hydrophobin proteins from the mycelium produced in the biofilter were purified by formic acid extraction and precipitated by electrobubbling, and the molecular weight was found to be 10.