Phanerochaete

Taxobox
name = "Phanerochaete"
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Basidiomycota
classis = Basidiomycetes
subclassis = Agaricomycetidae
ordo = Polyporales
familia = Phanerochaetaceae
genus = "Phanerochaete"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Phanerochaete allantospora"
"Phanerochaete arizonica"
"Phanerochaete avellanea"
"Phanerochaete burtii"
"Phanerochaete carnosa"
"Phanerochaete chrysorhizon"
"Phanerochaete radicata"
"Phanerochaete salmonicolor"
"Phanerochaete tuberculata"
"Phanerochaete velutina"
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"Phanerochaete" is a genus of fungi. Several of the species in this genus are plant pathogens.
This genus includes the 'white-rot' fungi that is famous for producing a peroxidase enzyme that can cleave a broad range of organic compounds. It has been used for bioremediation techniques to break down potentially harmful chemicals in soil.