Laccases to take on the challenge of emerging organic contaminants in wastewater

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 9931-9952

  Gasser, Christoph A ^a   Ammann, Erik M ^a   Shahgaldian, Patrick ^a   Corvini, Philippe F X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emerging organic contaminants; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Enzyme immobilization; Laccase; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CONTINUOUS WASTEWATER TREATMENT; EMERGING ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; IMMOBILIZATION TECHNIQUE; LACCASES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; TERTIARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SOLUBILIZATION; SUBSTRATE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

IMMOBILIZED ENZYME; LACCASE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; LACCASE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84916620680     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6177-6     Document Type: Review

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