Removal of pharmaceutical compounds in water and wastewater using fungal oxidoreductase enzymes

M Naghdi, M Taheran, SK Brar… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Due to recalcitrance of some pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), conventional
wastewater treatment is not able to remove them effectively. Therefore, their occurrence in …

Properties of bacterial laccases and their application in bioremediation of industrial wastes

R Chandra, P Chowdhary - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The bioremediation process of industrial waste can be made more efficient using ligninolytic
laccase enzymes, which are obtained from fungi, bacteria, higher plants, insects, and also in …

Laccase: microbial sources, production, purification, and potential biotechnological applications

Shraddha, R Shekher, S Sehgal, M Kamthania… - Enzyme …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Laccase belongs to the blue multicopper oxidases and participates in cross‐linking of
monomers, degradation of polymers, and ring cleavage of aromatic compounds. It is widely …

Microbial Laccase: a robust enzyme and its industrial applications

D Singh, N Gupta - Biologia, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Laccases (EC 1.10. 3.2) are most stable and powerful biocatalysts with broad
applications. It is a copper containing, organic solvents resistance, oxidoreductase enzyme …

Marine-derived fungi: diversity of enzymes and biotechnological applications

RC Bonugli-Santos… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The ocean is considered to be a great reservoir of biodiversity. Microbial communities in
marine environments are ecologically relevant as intermediaries of energy, and play an …

Is Laccase derived from Pleurotus ostreatus effective in microplastic degradation? A critical review of current progress, challenges, and future prospects

K Ramamurthy, NP Thomas, S Gopi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Exploration of Pleurotus ostreatus as a biological agent in the degradation of persistent
plastics like polyethylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, and polyethylene terephthalate …

Designer laccases: a vogue for high-potential fungal enzymes?

CJ Rodgers, CF Blanford, SR Giddens… - Trends in …, 2010 - cell.com
Laccases are blue multicopper oxidases that catalyse the four-electron reduction of O 2 to
water coupled with the oxidation of small organic substrates. Secreted basidiomycete white …

Current development in decolorization of synthetic dyes by immobilized laccases

SAGZ Morsy, A Ahmad Tajudin, MSM Ali… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The world today is in a quest for new means of environmental remediation as the methods
currently used are not sufficient to halt the damage. Mostly, a global direction is headed …

Recent developments in the delignification and exploitation of grass lignocellulosic biomass

D Tocco, C Carucci, M Monduzzi, A Salis… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biofuels could be defined as the fuels of the future, although much work is still required
before they will replace fossil fuels. In this review, lignocellulosic biomass based on straw …

Degradation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products by white-rot fungi—a critical review

MB Asif, FI Hai, L Singh, WE Price, LD Nghiem - Current Pollution Reports, 2017 - Springer
White-rot fungi (WRF) mediated treatment can offer an environmentally friendly platform for
the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from wastewater …