Industrial dye decolorization by laccases from ligninolytic fungi

E Rodriguez, MA Pickard, R Vazquez-Duhalt - Current microbiology, 1999 - Springer
White-rot fungi were studied for the decolorization of 23 industrial dyes. Laccase, manganese
peroxidase, lignin peroxidase, and aryl alcohol oxidase activities were determined in …

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolism by White Rot Fungi and Oxidation by Coriolopsis gallica UAMH 8260 Laccase

MA Pickard, R Roman, R Tinoco… - Applied and …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
We studied the metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by using white rot
fungi previously identified as organisms that metabolize polychlorinated biphenyls. Bran …

Bacterial adhesion to soil contaminants in the presence of surfactants

PL Stelmack, MR Gray, MA Pickard - Applied and environmental …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
It has been proposed that addition of surfactants to contaminated soil enhances the solubility
of target compounds; however, surfactants may simultaneously reduce the adhesion of …

Glycated albumin and risk of death and hospitalizations in diabetic dialysis patients

…, JR Byers, CY Cardona, MA Pickard… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Results The participants were 53% male, 54% African American, 43% Caucasian, 90% on
hemodialysis, with a mean (SD) age of 62 (12) years and median follow-up duration of 2.25 …

Hydroxybenzotriazole increases the range of textile dyes decolorized by immobilized laccase

P Reyes, MA Pickard, R Vazquez-Duhalt - Biotechnology Letters, 1999 - Springer
Laccase from Coriolopsis gallica UAMH8260 was immobilized on activated agarose and
tested for repeated decolorization of industrial dyes. Immobilized enzyme retained 85% of the …

Fungal enzymes for environmental purposes, a molecular biology challenge

M Ayala, MA Pickard, R Vazquez-Duhalt - Journal of Molecular …, 2008 - karger.com
… Thus, hydrogen peroxide stability, redox potential manipulation, and efficient heterologous
production of ligninolytic enzymes in industrial microorganisms, represent three main …

Uptake and Active Efflux of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Pseudomonas fluorescens LP6a

T Bugg, JM Foght, MA Pickard… - Applied and …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
The mechanism of transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by Pseudomonas
fluorescens LP6a, a PAH-degrading bacterium, was studied by inhibiting membrane transport …

Chloroperoxidase, a peroxidase with potential

MA Pickard, TA Kadima, RD Carmichael - Journal of industrial …, 1991 - Springer
… 3 Carmichael, RD and MA Pickard. 1989. Continuous and batch production of chloroperoxidase
by mycelial … Jones and MA Pickard. 1986. Semicontinous and continuous production of …

Transformation of halogenated pesticides by versatile peroxidase from Bjerkandera adusta

G Davila-Vazquez, R Tinoco, MA Pickard… - Enzyme and Microbial …, 2005 - Elsevier
Purified versatile peroxidase (VP) from the white rot fungus Bjerkandera adusta UAMH
8258 was used to study the transformation of several pesticides, including some as highly …

Comparison of gas chromatography and mineralization experiments for measuring loss of selected polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in cultures of white rot fungi

…, PM Fedorak, OP Ward, MA Pickard - Applied and …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
Two methods were used to compare the biodegradation of six polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)
congeners by 12 white rot fungi. Four fungi were found to be more active than …