Laccase Production From Trametes hirsuta and Decolourisation of Phenolic Textile Dye In a Laccase Mediator System (LMS) | ||||
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology | ||||
Article 3, Volume 7, Issue 1, December 2015, Page 19-27 PDF (267.61 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/eajbsg.2015.16482 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Ali A. Taha1; Nada H. Al-Mudallal2; Ghassaq Tariq Sadiq3; Mohammed Omar Abdullatif3; Haider Abdullzahra Glaiym3; Haralambos Stamatis4; Batol Imran Dheeb5 | ||||
1Applied Science Department, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq | ||||
2Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Al Iraqia, Baghdad, Iraq | ||||
3Biotechnology Research Center , University of Al Nahrain , Baghdad, Iraq | ||||
4Department of Biological Applications and Technologies, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece | ||||
5Biology Department/ Iraqia University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
In this study, fungal laccase was produced from Trametes hirsuta DSMZ 5072 at 28 °C in a submerged cultivation medium comprising: potato infusions from 200gm/L, glucose (1%) and malt extract (1%). The maximum laccase activity (129 U/L) was observed at day eight post-cultivation in the presence of 2mM of 2,5-xylidine, as an inducer. Fungal laccase from Tramates versicolor as a commercial enzyme, and home prepared laccase from T. hirsuta, were used to decolourise phenol red. The effects of initial medium pH, different systems, type of mediator and incubation temperature were investigated. It was observed that, for both commercial and homemade laccases, pH 4.5 allowed more efficient decolourisation of the dye at 30 °C. In an aqueous system, high decolourisation percentages, of 42.8% and 36.4%, were revealed within 72 hours in the presence of T. versicolor and T. hirsuta laccases respectively. The degree of decolourisation increased in the aqueous system when a different mediator was added. Results showed that the 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT) has a much better decolourisation ability than the other mediators tested, such that decolourisation percentages as high as 73.6% and 79.4 were observed in the presence of 8mM HBT and laccase from T. hirsuta (40 °C/120 minutes) or T. versicolor (30 °C/120 minutes), respectively. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Textile dye; Phenol red; Decolourisation; Laccase and LMS | ||||
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