Solid-state fermentation of sugarcane bagasse with Flammulina velutipes and Trametes versicolor

The mushroom Flammulina velutipes and the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor were cultivated separately on sugarcane bagasse for 40 days. Trametes versicolor produced laccase and manganese-peroxidase activities, showing a simultaneous degradation of lignin and holocellulose. However, only phenoloxidase activity was found with Flammulina velutipes. A preferential degradation of lignin was detected in F. velutipes, which exhibited a greater reduction in the ratio of weight loss to lignin loss than T. versicolor. A decrease in the syringyl/guaiacyl ratio observed with both fungi indicated the preferential degradation of non-condensed (syringyl-type) lignin units. An increase in the relative abundance of aromatic carboxylic acids suggested that the oxidative transformation of lignin unit side-chains was occurring. This was more noticeable with Flammulina velutipes than with T. versicolor.

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