Influence of phenolic substrates utilised by yeast on the degradation kinetics.

The degradation kinetics of different phenolic substrates utilised by R57 was studied. The following compounds were used as substrates: , resorcinol, hydroquinone, 3-nitrophenol, 2,6-dinitrophenol, 3-chloro phenol and -cresol. The specific degradation rates ( ) were described by a Haldane kinetic model.

Cresols utilization by Trametes versicolor and substrate interactions in the mixture with phenol.

The ability of the white rot fungus Trametes versicolor strain 1 to degrade and utilize methylated phenols (cresols) was established for the first time in a medium not containing any other carbon components. The data obtained demonstrated the better potential of the strain to assimilate p-cresol instead of o- or m- cresol. The 0.