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SUBMITTER: Sheikhi F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3516662 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sheikhi Fatemeh F Roayaei Ardakani Mohammad M Enayatizamir Naeimeh N Rodriguez-Couto Susana S
Indian journal of microbiology 20120829 4
Ligninolytic enzyme complexes are involved in lignin degradation. Among them laccases are outstanding because they use molecular oxygen as a co-substrate instead of hydrogen peroxide as used by peroxidases. Bacterial laccase of Bacillus genus was first reported in Claus and Filip (Microbiol Res 152:209-216, 1997), since then more bacterial laccases have been found. In this research, laccase-producing bacteria were screened from pulp and paper industry wastewater, bagass and sugarcane rhizosphere ...[more]