| Autor: |
Mathew A. Powell, Dorothy L. Stewart, Bary W. Wilson, John C. Linehan, John W. Pyne, Richard B. Lucke, James A. Campbell, Berta L. Thomas, Roger M. Bean |
| Rok vydání: |
1988 |
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| Zdroj: |
Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 1:185-195 |
| ISSN: |
0921-3449 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/0921-3449(88)90015-8 |
| Popis: |
An extracellular fraction from the lignin degrading white-rot fungus, Coriolus versicolor , can biosolubilize leonardite and pretreated lignites in vitro . Leonardite is often found as an overburden to lignite deposits, and is related to humic acid, and is more oxidized than lignites. Extracts from certain fungi such as C. versicolor solubilize leonardite. The biosolubilization activity is at least in part enzymatic in nature. A protein which is at least partly responsible for the solubilization effect has been substantially purified and concentrated by ultrafiltration and ion-exchange chromatography from the broth of an agitated submerged culture of C. versicolor grown in a defined medium. An in vitro coal biosolubilization assay was used to establish the effects of various physical and chemical factors affecting enzyme activity, including temperature and the salt and buffer composition of the reaction mixture. Some initial studies on the mechanism of the enzymatic leonardite biosolubilization reaction are described. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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