Bisphenol A in the environment and recent advances in biodegradation by fungi

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a compound used in the manufacture of a wide variety of everyday materials that, when released into the environment, causes multiple detrimental effects on humans and other organisms. The reason for this review is to provide an overview of the presence, distribution, and concent...

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Published in:Chemosphere (Oxford) 2022-09, Vol.303, p.134940-134940, Article 134940
Main Authors: Torres-García, J.L., Ahuactzin-Pérez, M., Fernández, F.J., Cortés-Espinosa, Diana V.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biodegradation
Bisphenol A
Environmental matrices
Ligninolytic fungi
Metabolic pathways
Non-ligninolytic fungi
Yeast
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Summary:Bisphenol A (BPA) is a compound used in the manufacture of a wide variety of everyday materials that, when released into the environment, causes multiple detrimental effects on humans and other organisms. The reason for this review is to provide an overview of the presence, distribution, and concentration of BPA in water, soil, sediment, and air, as well as the process of release and migration, biomagnification, and exposure mechanisms that cause various toxic effects in humans. Therefore, it is important to seek efficient and economic strategies that allow its removal from the environment and prevent it from reaching humans through food chains. Likewise, the main removal techniques are analyzed, focusing on biological treatments, particularly the most recent advances in the degradation of BPA in different environmental matrices through the use of ligninolytic fungi, non-ligninolytic fungi and yeasts, as well as the possible routes of metabolic processes that allow their biotransformation or biodegradation due to their efficient extracellular enzyme systems. This review supports the importance of the application of new biotechnological tools for the degradation of BPA. [Display omitted] •Production, release and distribution of BPA in different environmental matrices.•Process of bioconcentration, bioaccumulation and biomagnification of BPA through trophic chains.•Biodegradation of BPA by ligninolytic, non-ligninolytic fungi and yeasts.•Description of fungal metabolic pathways and major enzymes involved in BPA degradation.
ISSN:0045-6535
1879-1298
DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134940