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Agrochemicals, industrial compounds and their transformation products have been assayed for their ability to enhance laccase production in liquid cultures of Trametes versicolor, when added at 0.5 mM. After 3 days of treatment, enzymatic activity in the culture medium was increased 14-fold by 4-n-nonylphenol and 24-fold by aniline. Laccase activity was enhanced 10-fold by oxidised derivatives of the herbicide diquat, 17-fold by N,N′-dimethyl-N-(5-chloro,4-hydroxyphenyl)urea and 22-fold by 9-fluorenone.
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Mougin, C., Kollmann, A. & Jolivalt, C. Enhanced production of laccase in the fungus Trametes versicolor by the addition of xenobiotics. Biotechnology Letters 24, 139–142 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013802713266
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