Butachlor biodegradation potential of fungi isolated from submerged wood and surface water collected in Taal Lake, Philippines

• Main Authors: Carascal, Mark B., del Rosario, Marlo Jose G., Notarte, Kin Israel R., Huyop, Fahrul, Yaguchi, Takashi, dela Cruz, Thomas Edison E.
• Format: Article
• Published: Philippine Science Letters 2017
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84533/; http://www.philsciletters.org/2017-81/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Taal Lake in the Philippines is a hotspot of diverse organisms but also faces a great threat from toxic agrochemical contaminants. Specifically, fungi are promising bioremediation agents to degrade harmful pollutants in the environment; hence the documentation and identification of these isolates ar...