Enhancing laccase production by white-rot fungus Funalia floccosa LPSC 232 in co-culture with Penicillium commune GHAIE86

Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2019 Jan;64(1):91-99. doi: 10.1007/s12223-018-0635-y. Epub 2018 Aug 6.

Abstract

To obtain enzymatic preparations with higher laccase activity levels from Funalia floccosa LPSC 232, available for use in several applications, co-cultures with six filamentous microfungi were tested. A laccase non-producing soil fungus, identified as Penicillium commune GHAIE86, showed an outstanding ability to increase laccase activity (3-fold as compared to that for monoculture) when inoculated in 6-day-old F. floccosa cultures. Maximum laccase production with the F. floccosa and P. commune co-culture reached 60 U/mL, or twice that induced by chemical treatments alone. Our study demonstrated that co-culture with soil fungi might be a promising method for improving laccase production in F. floccosa. Although the enhancement of laccase activity was a function of P. commune inoculation time, two laccase isoenzymes produced by F. floccosa remained unchanged when strains were co-cultured. These data are compatible with the potential of F. floccosa in agricultural applications in soil, whose enzyme machinery could be activated by soil fungi such as P. commune.

MeSH terms

  • Coculture Techniques
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Laccase / biosynthesis*
  • Laccase / chemistry
  • Laccase / metabolism
  • Microbial Interactions*
  • Penicillium / genetics
  • Penicillium / growth & development
  • Penicillium / physiology*
  • Polyporaceae / enzymology*
  • Polyporaceae / growth & development
  • Polyporales
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Laccase