Laccase from a salt tolerant fungus - Potential applications : A practical account

ISBN-13: 9783639519853 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 168 str.

Divya Lakshmanan M.; Ganesh K. Prasanth; Chittalakkottu Sadasivan

Opis

This book gives an account into the production of laccase by a salt tolerant fungi Trichoderma viride and its potential application. The coconut husk retting zone in the estuaries of Kerala, India, a saline environment highly polluted with phenolic compounds, was selected for isolating the fungus. Purification and characterization of laccase, its immobilization and utilization in bioremediation process was given prime importance.

O autorze

Divya Lakshmanan is currently duing her post doctrate research at the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Kannur University.