Abstract
Purpose
Laccases have become one of the most interesting green biocatalysts with possible technological impact on several biotechnological sectors, including pollutants bioremediation, bio-bleaching of pulp and fabrics, cosmetics, etc. To overcome the consistent production costs, agro-industrial wastes can offer a renewable, cheap, and nutritionally rich alternative to synthetic fermentation media. Despite their potential, many wastes have not been extensively valorized and their actual exploitation in microbial fermentation is still unexplored, including the here studied orange peel waste (OPW). This study investigated the possibility to use a sustainable medium to produce laccases by the fungus Trametes pubescens MUT 2400. Most of the research run microbial fermentation in solid state mode, even though this technology has many technical drawbacks, including the unsustainable scale up. Submerged fermentation may help to overcome these issues and was hence considered in the present study.
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