Copper improves the production of laccase by the white-rot fungus Pleurotus pulmonarius in solid state fermentation

Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fr) Quélet, produced laccase as the main ligninolytic enzyme when cultivated on solid-state cultures using corn cob as substrate. The addition of copper greatly increased the production of enzyme. The addition of 25.0 mM CuSO4 increased the level of laccase from 270 to 1,420 U...

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Main Authors: Giovana Kirst Tychanowicz, Daniela F. de Souza, Cristina G. M. Souza, Marina Kimiko Kadowaki, Rosane Marina Peralta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2006-09-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000600002