Production of laccase from agricultural wastes: Strain isolation and selection, enzymatic profiling and lab scale production.

AHMED, PABLO M.; PAJOT, HIPÓLITO F.; PABLO M. FERNANDEZ

Mycoremediation Protocols

Springer

Lugar: New York; Año: 2021;

Agriculture wastes are considered a source of natural, low-cost, renewable, and persistent biowaste that holds promise for the production of value-added compounds. Despite its wealth, the utilization of agriculture residues has been especially difficult to address because of its inherent structural recalcitrance [1]. The access to use lignocellulosic materials is lignin degradation and modification, the main hurdles for the successful refining of lignocellulosic biomass [2]. Biological lignin degradation methods are increasing attention every year, since they enable both the removal of lignin from biomass and the concomitant production of value-added compounds from lignin itself [3]. The use of microorganisms for biological breakdown of lignin and the simultaneous production of valuable-resources from it is presented as a greener revalorization perspective of lignocellulosic wastes framed on the circular economy concept, since it offers certain advantages such as low-cost, safety, reduced energy requirements, operation under milder conditions, and avoids the generation of toxic compounds [2, 4].