Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) degradation by laccase from a tropical white rot fungus Ganoderma lucidum

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5897-5900

  Punnapayak, Hunsa ^a   Prasongsuk, Sehanat ^a   Messner, Kurt ^b   Danmek, Khanchai ^a   Lotrakul, Pongtharin ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ganoderma lucidum; Laccase; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYBENZOTRIAZOLE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; FLUORINE; LACCASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; MEDIATOR; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; TROPICS; WHITE ROT FUNGUS;

FUNGI; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; TRAMETES;

EID: 71649107400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.1073     Document Type: Article

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