Veratryl alcohol as an inducer of laccase by an ascomycete, Botryosphaeria sp., when screened on the polymeric dye Poly R-478

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-96

  Barbosa, A M ^b   Dekker, R F H ^a   St Hardy, G E ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; FUNGI;

ACTIVITY-BASED; DECOLOURIZATION; IN-VIVO; LACCASE ACTIVITY; LACCASES; POLYMERIC DYES; SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION; SUBMERGED CULTURES; VERATRYL ALCOHOL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GLUCOSE;

LACCASE; LIGNIN; VERATRYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOSPHAERIA; CONIOCHAETA; FUNGI; LOLIUM;

EID: 0029817077     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb00038.x     Document Type: Article

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