Ghariani, B.; Alessa, A.H.; Ben Atitallah, I.; Louati, I.; Alsaigh, A.A.; Mechichi, T.; Zouari-Mechichi, H. Fungal Bioremediation of the β-Lactam Antibiotic Ampicillin under Laccase-Induced Conditions. Antibiotics2024, 13, 407.
Ghariani, B.; Alessa, A.H.; Ben Atitallah, I.; Louati, I.; Alsaigh, A.A.; Mechichi, T.; Zouari-Mechichi, H. Fungal Bioremediation of the β-Lactam Antibiotic Ampicillin under Laccase-Induced Conditions. Antibiotics 2024, 13, 407.
Ghariani, B.; Alessa, A.H.; Ben Atitallah, I.; Louati, I.; Alsaigh, A.A.; Mechichi, T.; Zouari-Mechichi, H. Fungal Bioremediation of the β-Lactam Antibiotic Ampicillin under Laccase-Induced Conditions. Antibiotics2024, 13, 407.
Ghariani, B.; Alessa, A.H.; Ben Atitallah, I.; Louati, I.; Alsaigh, A.A.; Mechichi, T.; Zouari-Mechichi, H. Fungal Bioremediation of the β-Lactam Antibiotic Ampicillin under Laccase-Induced Conditions. Antibiotics 2024, 13, 407.
Abstract
The over use of pharmaceutical compounds, essentially antibiotics, led to an increase of their concentrations in aquatic ecosystems. In this study, the white-rot fungus Coriolopsis gallica (high-laccase-producing fungus) was investigated for the biodegradation of ampicillin (AMP) under different cultivation conditions. The biotransformation of the antibiotic was confirmed by means of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and the antibacterial activity was evaluated via the bacterial growth inhibition agar well diffusion method using Escherichia coli as an ampicillin-sensitive test strain. The results showed that AMP (50 mg L-1) was totally removed by C. gallica after 6 days of incubation in a liquid medium. The antibiotic removal rate was maximal with a fungal culture aged 9 days. Such a culture achieved the removal of a higher concentration of up to 500 mg L-1 of ampicillin in 3 days. This higher antibiotic removal rate was concomitant with the maximal laccase production in culture supernatant. In addition, four consecutive doses of 500 mg L-1 of ampicillin were transformed by the same fungal culture in 24 days. After that, the fungus was unable to remove the antibiotic. The measurement of ligninolytic enzyme activity showed that laccase of C. gallica might participate in the biotransformation of AMP.
Biology and Life Sciences, Biology and Biotechnology
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