Reduction in acute ecotoxicity of paper mill effluent by sequential application of xylanase and laccase.

In order to reduce the ecotoxicity of paper mill, four different enzymatic pretreatment strategies were investigated in comparison to conventional chemical based processes. In strategy I, xylanase-aided pretreatment of pulp was carried out, and in strategy II, xylanase and laccase-mediator systems w...

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Main Authors: Saurabh Sudha Dhiman, Gaurav Garg, Jitender Sharma, Vipin C Kalia, Yun Chan Kang, Jung-Kul Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4109937?pdf=render