Lignocellulosic enzymes from Flavodon flavus, a fungus isolated from Western Indian Ocean off the coast of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3066-3072

  Mtui, Godliving ^a   Nakamura, Yoshitoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Electrophoresis; Extracellular enzymes; Isoelectric focusing; Marine basidiomycetes fungi

Indexed keywords

BRILLIANT BLUE; BRILLIANT GREEN; CARBON; CONGO RED; DYE; FUNGAL ENZYME; LACCASE; LIGNIN PEROXIDASE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MANGANESE PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE BLACK; REACTIVE YELLOW; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DECOLORIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; FLAVODON FLAVUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INDIAN OCEAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; POLLUTANT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE; TANZANIA; TEXTILE; WASTE WATER; WHITE ROT FUNGUS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FLAVODON FLAVUS; FUNGI;

EID: 51849136044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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