The biochemical properties of invertase entrapped in alginate gel were studied. The kinetic parameters were determined for immobilized and free invertase. The value of Michaelis constant Km of the immobilized invertase (139.19 mM) was greater than that of the free invertase (93.19 mM), whereas, Vmax was smaller for the immobilized enzyme. Immobilization impressively improved the thermal and sto...

Polycyclic aromatic heterocycles, such as carbazole, are environmental contaminants suspected of posing human health risks. In this study, we investigated the degradation of carbazole by immobilized Sphingomonas sp. strain XLDN2-5 cells. Four kinds of polymers were evaluated as immobilization supports for Sphingomonas sp. strain XLDN2-5. After comparison with agar, alginate, and kappa-carrageen...

Macroporous resin microbeads of methyl methacrylate-divinyl benzene copolymer were synthesized by radical suspension polymerization of acrolein with divinylbenzene in the presence of a pore-creating agent, petroleum ether. The microbeads had a large specific surface area and large pores covered the entire surface of the resin. This macroporous polymer carrier was aminated by hydrazine hydrate t...

Enzymes have a wide variety of applications in diverse biotechnological fields, and the immobilization of enzymes plays a key role in academic research or industrialization due to the stabilization and recyclability it confers. In this study, we immobilized the Brassica oleracea chlorophyllase 1 (BoCLH1) or Candida rugosa lipase (CRL) in magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles-loaded alginate composi...

BACKGROUND Decolorization of hazardous synthetic dyes using laccases in both free and immobilized form has gained attention during the last decades. The present study was designed to prepare immobilized laccase (purified from Paraconiothyrium variabile) on porous silica beads followed by evaluation of both free and immobilized laccases for decolorization of two synthetic dyes of Acid Blue 25 an...

Catalase enzyme from red poppy (Papaver rhoeas) plant was immobilized covalently with glutaraldehyde onto chitosan particles. The changes in the kinetic properties of the immobilized and free red poppy catalase were determined. The Km values were found to be 26 and 33 mM for free and immobilized red poppy catalase on chitosan. Furthermore, various characteristics of free and immobilized red pop...

background: lipase is an enzyme with immense application potential. ester synthesis by lipase catalysis in organic media is an area of key industrial relevance. enzymatic preparations with traits that cater to the needs of this function are hence being intensely researched. objective: the objectives of the study were to immobilize the lipase from bacillus sp. ps35 by cross-linking and adsorptio...

Eutrophicat ion of r ivers & lakes is the major cause of pollut ion worldwide. Nitrogen and phosphorus through agricultural effluents and industrial outpour are the chief cause of eutrophication. In recent years microalgae have been largely used as test systems for the removal of pollutants from wastewater Codina et al ( 1 9 9 3 ) . M a n y a d v a n c e d b i o r e a c t o r s u s e i m m o b ...