GROWTH OF COLONIES AND HYPHAL ULTRASTRUCTURE OF FILAMENTOUS FUNGI GROWN ON DIBUTYL PHTHALATE AND DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE

 

J.L. Suárez-Segundo, D. Vazquez-Lopez, J.L. Torres-Garcia, M. Ahuactzin-Pérez, N. Montiel-Martínez, S. Tlecuitl-Beristain and C. Sánchez

 

 

  • This is the first study that shows the growth of filamentous fungi in the different zones of the vegetative phase of the colony grown on phthalates.

  • This is the first report that shows that the hypha is not affected by phthalates.

  • There are few studies about the ability to degrade phthalates by some of the fungi studied in this research.

  • These fungi confirmed that cutinase enzyme is very important for the degradation of phthalates.

  • It is shown that these fungi are able to use dibutyl phthalate and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate as sole carbon and energy sources.