Influence of Different Inducers on Ligninolytic Enzyme Activities

materials using for wrapping [4]. Species of basidiomycetes are considered to be a very interesting group of fungi including different ecological groups such as white rot, brown rot, and leaf litter fungi [5, 6]. Among them, only the white rot fungi are able to effici-ently decompose lignin due to the production of ligninolytic enzymes. Lignin, a complex aro-matic biopolymer, makes structural rigidity to wood and protects it from microbial attack [7] and it is extremely recalcitrant to degradation [8]. Ligninolytic enzymes are also capable of degrading various environmental pollutants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, synthetic dyes, pesticides, polychlorinated bi-phenyls, herbicides and many other xenobio-tics. However, ligninolytic enzymes from white rot fungi are only secreted in small amounts, so their using in industrial applications has been limited due to low productivity and high economic cost [9, 10]. A higher enzyme activity guarantees a higher and faster transformation of the target substrate and improves the appli-cability and effectiveness of enzyme-catalyzed processes [11]