Laccase From A Salt Tolerant Fungus - Potential Applications: A Practical Account

This book gives an account into the production of laccase by a salt tolerant fungi Trichoderma viride and its potential application. The coconut husk retting zone in the estuaries of Kerala, India, a saline environment highly polluted with phenolic compounds, was selected for isolating the fungus. Purification and characterization of laccase, its immobilization and utilization in bioremediation process was given prime importance.