Laccases from New Fungal Sources and Some Promising Applications

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Fungi are a group of organisms with the ability to produce different types of enzymes in order to get access to nutrients. Among the enzymes, oxidoreductases have the ability to degrade lignocellulosic material via an oxidative mechanism, facilitating the uptake of cellulosic material, which will be metabolized using other enzymes to provide the required nutrients to the fungi. Ecologically, oxidoreductases play an essential role in the mobilization of carbon into the ecosystem. Laccase is an oxidative enzyme that has the ability to oxidize lignin using molecular oxygen, which is reduced to water. The oxidative ability of laccases is employed in a number of industrial and environmental applications including bioremediation, food technology, nanotechnology, medicine, pulp and paper industry, and cosmetology. Owing to its versatility, laccase is continuously under investigation for new applications. The present thesis reports on new sources of fungal laccase as well as novel laccase appl

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