Banana skin: A novel waste for laccase production by Trametes pubescens under solid-state conditions. Application to synthetic dye decolouration 

 -  Dyes and Pigments, 75(1), p.32-37, 2007 .
<br/><br/> In this paper, we investigated the potential of banana skin as a support-substrate for the production of extracellular laccase by the white-rot fungus Trametes pubescens CBS 696.94. Laccase showed a maximum activity of 1570 U/l. In addition, we assessed the degrading ability of the extracellular liquid obtained. For this, we performed the in vitro decolouration of two structurally different dyes such as the anthraquinonic dye Remazol Brilliant Blue R (RBBR)and the triphenylmethane dye Methyl Green (MG). The former was decolourised about 57 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>BANANA SKIN<br/>LACCASE<br/>METHYL GREEN<br/>REMAZOL BRILLIANT BLUE R<br/>SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION<br/>TRAMETES PUBESCENS