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This book gives an account into the production of laccase by a salt tolerant fungi Trichoderma viride and its potential application. The coconut husk retting zone in the estuaries of Kerala, India, a saline environment highly polluted with phenolic compounds, was selected for isolating the fungus. Purification and characterization of laccase, its immobilization and utilization in bioremediation process was given prime importance.

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Divya Lakshmanan is currently duing her post doctrate research at the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Kannur University.

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