Production of laccases of Pleurotus ostreatus in submerged fermentation

Abstract

The laccases have been studied for years for their usefulness in applications of bioremediation, as well as for their application in the food industry, textile industry, paper industry, etc., since being oxidoreductases enzymes have the capacity to oxidize phenolic compounds. Pleurotus ostreatus is a basidiomycete of white rot, which has as part of multienzymatic complex ligninolithic to the laccase and has been reported to have a high production of it. One method to obtain it is the submerged fermentation that consists of developing the microorganism in a liquid culture medium containing the necessary nutrients.