Production, purification and application of bacterial laccase: A review

Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 196-205

  Muthukumarasamy, Narayanan P ^a   Murugan, Sevanan ^a  

^a KARUNYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial laccase; Bioremediation; Detoxification; Synthetic dyes; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

DETOXIFICATION;

BACTERIAL LACCASE; SYNTHETIC DYES; XENOBIOTICS;

BIOREMEDIATION;

EID: 84908609001     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2014.196.205     Document Type: Article

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