Biobleaching of wheat straw pulp with recombinant laccase from the hyperthermophilic Thermus thermophilus

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 541-547

  Zheng, Zhiqiang ^a   Li, Huazhong ^a   Li, Lun ^b   Shao, Weilan ^a,c  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biobleaching; Recombinant laccase; Thermus thermophilus; Wheat straw pulp

Indexed keywords

BIOBLEACHING; ENZYMATIC TREATMENTS; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC; LACCASES; PEROXIDE BLEACHING; PULP AND PAPER; PULP BRIGHTNESS; PULP FIBERS; PULP KAPPA; RECOMBINANT LACCASE; THERMOPHILUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; WHEAT STRAW PULP;

BLEACHING; CLEANING;

LUMINANCE;

LACCASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PH; PLANT STEM; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; WHEAT;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACCASE; PLANT STEMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRITICUM;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84856536375     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0796-0     Document Type: Article

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