LIGNOCELLULOSE DECOMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION OF LIGNINOLYTIC ENZYMES DURING INTERACTION OF WHITE-ROT FUNGI WITH SOIL-MICROORGANISMS

Four strains of white rot fungi, including two strains of Pleurotus sp ., one Dichomitus squalens, and one Ganoderma applanatum, were grown o n milled straw. After colonization of the straw by the fungi, sterile or nonsterile plugs of soil were added to the fungal substrates. The i nfluence of the sterile soil and the indigenous soil microbiota on fun gal growth, overall respiration, and production of ligninolytic exoenz ymes was assessed. A method for extraction of laccase from soil sample s was developed.