“…However, degradation of BPA and NP by microorganisms other than bacteria has not yet been attempted. There is currently great interest in the lignin-degrading fungi and ligninolytic enzymes because their industrial potentials are recognized in biomechanical pulping (Kashino et al, 1993), biobleaching (Paice et al, 1993;Katagiri et al, 1995;Ehara et al, 1997), and degradation and detoxification of recalcitrant environmental pollutants such as dioxins (Bumpus et al, 1985), chlorophenols (Joshi and Gold, 1993), nylon (Deguchi et al, 1997;Deguchi et al, 1998), polyethylene (Iiyoshi et al, 1998;Ehara et al, 2000), and dyes (Ollikka et al, 1993;Nishida et al, 1999). It has been demonstrated that laccase, manganese peroxidase (MnP), and/or lignin peroxidase (LiP) producedc extracellularly by lignin-degrading fungi are involved in the degradation of lignin and these pollutants.…”