Laccase: A review of its past and its future in bioremediation

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-434

  Strong, P J ^a   Claus, H ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

bioremediation; green chemistry; laccase; multicopper enzymes; oxidoreductases; phenol

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; BROAD SPECTRUM; CATALYZED REACTIONS; COST-EFFICIENCY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; LACCASE; LACCASES; MULTICOPPER ENZYMES; OTHER APPLICATIONS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REACTION MECHANISM;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSTS; DETOXIFICATION; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; PHENOLS; POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

ENZYMES;

CHLOROPHENOL; DYE; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; LACCASE; OLIVE OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYMER; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BIOREMEDIATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; INHIBITOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; PHENOL; PROTEIN;

BIOREMEDIATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRINTING; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 79551652403     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380902945706     Document Type: Review

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