Биодеградация промышленных поллютантов при помощи штаммов Аspergillus niger

Abstract

For fourteen years our team has been working on the research of biodegradation, primarily of phosphorus-containing compounds. The world's first biological detoxification of elemental — white and red — phosphorus was carried out. We obtained mold fungi cultures, which transform a substance of the first hazard class white phosphorus into harmless phosphate. This is the first example of the inclusion of white phosphorus into the biospheric cycle of the phosphorus element. In the future, the results of the research may become the basis for effective methods of preventing and eliminating pollution by toxic phosphorus compounds. Therefore, the research is of interest both for practical application and from the point of view of fundamental science.