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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 1999, p. 1798-1800, Vol. 65, No. 4
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Enhanced Degradation of Polyvinyl Alcohol by Pycnoporus cinnabarinus after Pretreatment with Fenton's Reagent

Daniel M. Larking,1,2,* Russell J. Crawford,1 Gregor B. Y. Christie,2 and Greg T. Lonergan1,2

Centre for Applied Colloid and BioColloid Science, Swinburne University of Technology,1 and CRC for International Food Manufacture and Packaging Science,2 Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia

Received 13 November 1998/Accepted 11 January 1999

Degradation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was investigated by using a combination of chemical treatment with Fenton's reagent and biological degradation with the white rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus. Inclusion of the chemical pretreatment resulted in greater degradation of PVA than the degradation observed when biological degradation alone was used.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centre for Applied Colloid and BioColloid Science, Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia. Phone: (613) 9214 8935. Fax: (613) 9819 0834. E-mail: dlarking{at}swin.edu.au.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 1999, p. 1798-1800, Vol. 65, No. 4
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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