title: Decolourisation of Remazol Brilliant Blue R via a novel Bjerkandera sp. strain.
abstract: A novel strain of Bjerkandera sp. (B33/3), with particularly high decolourisation activities upon Poly R-478 and Remazol Brilliant Blue R (RBBR) dyes, was isolated. The role of the ligninolytic extracellular enzymes produced by this strain on decolourisation of RBBR was studied in some depth. The basis of decolourisation is an enzyme-mediated process, in which the main enzyme responsible is a recently described peroxidase with capacity for oxidation of manganese, as well as veratryl alcohol and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol in a manganese-independent reaction.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Bioengenharia e Bioprocessos, Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22, P-1649-038, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Almeida-Vara
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sena-Martins
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Polónia
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Malcata
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cardoso Duarte
mesh_terms: D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000378:metabolism*; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000378:metabolism*; D003116:Color; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; D004396:Coloring Agents; C024758:Remazol Brilliant Blue R