Enzyme Biosensors for the Detection of Environmental Contaminants

AYALA SCHIMPF AR; RODRIGUEZ MD; FONSECA, MI.; ZAPATA, PD.,

Mycoremediation Protocols

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.,

Lugar: New York, NY, United States; ; Año: 2022; p. 243 - 248

Today, water body pollution is one of the world?s biggest environmental problems. In this sense, there is a high demand for thedesign and potential development of new devices for the detection and quantification of pollutants present in the environment.Biosensors are ideal for detecting and measuring environmental pollution reliably, specifically, and sensitively. Among them,electrochemical enzyme biosensors have many advantages such as their high selectivity and sensitivity to the target substrate, whichis presented as an opportunity to significantly improve the diagnosis and monitoring of environmental pollutants. The protocolpresented in this chapter consists of a technique for monitoring contaminants in surface waters using the enzyme laccase of fungalorigin in the formation of an enzyme biosensor.