Table 2

Reaction time (d)	Extraction	Fungal dry mass (g)	c^a TCP (mg L^-1)	c^a CP (mg L^-1)	% of CP degraded
A. sydowiiCBMAI 935 (50 mg L-1 of chlorpyrifos)
10	(liquid medium + mycelia)	0.41 ± 0.01	3.0 ± 3.0	31.3 ± 5.90	37
20*	(liquid medium + mycelia)	0.40	6.3	24.6	51
20*	(liquid medium)	-	4.9	1.0
20*	(mycelia)	0.38	-	26.0	46b
30	(liquid medium + mycelia)	0.36 ± 0.01	9.1 ± 0.40	18.6 ± 2.30	63
30	(fungus control)	0.34 ± 0.01
Trichodermasp.CBMAI932 (50 mg L-1 of chlorpyrifos)
10	(liquid medium + mycelia)	0.40 ± 0.01	-	27.1 ± 4.50	46
20*	(liquid medium + mycelia)	0.40	-	17.7	65
20*	(liquid medium)	-	-	2.5
20*	(mycelia)	0.39	-	24.6	46b
30	(liquid medium + mycelia)	0.38 ± 0.01	2.9 ± 2.4	13.9 ± 0.07	72
30	(fungus control)	0.43 ± 0.01

^a = concentration determined by HPLC-UV.
^b = % of CP biodegraded was measured by the sum of the concentration remaining in both liquid medium and mycelia.
* Not performed in duplicate.

Table 2: Quantitative biodegradation of chlorpyrifos by A. sydowii CBMAI 935 and Trichoderma sp. CBMAI 932, on the 10^th, 20^th and 30^th d of reaction in a liquid medium.