Table 15.1
(continued)
Enzyme produced
Microorganism
Substrate act upon
References
Esterase
Polyacrylates, polyurathanes,
polyactides
Gianfreda and Rao (2004)
Phytase
Nylon, starch polymers
Gianfreda and Rao (2004)
Catechol deoxygenase
Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligans
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
chloroethenes, phenols
Duran and Esposito (2000)
Cyanide hydratase
Fusarium lateritium, Cryptococcus
sp., Candida guilleirmondii
Nitriles, cyanide
Ebbs (2004)
Cyanidase or formamide cyanase
Phanerochaete chrysosporium
(white-rot fungi), Acremonium
strictum, Thiobacillus thioparus
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),
phenolic compounds, anilinic
compounds, azo dyes
Ebbs (2004)
Lipase
Candida rugosa, Candida
cylindracea, Phycomyces nitens
Hydrocarbons, triglycerol fatty acids
Karigar and Rao (2011) and Tanaka
et al. (2000)
Protease
Penicillium chyrsogenum, Trametes
versicolor
Nylon
Gianfreda and Rao (2004)
Chitinase
Actinobacteria
Nylon
Gianfreda and Rao (2004)
Reductive dehalogenase
Basidiomycetes
sp.
Chlorophenol
Harms et al. (2011)
Organophosphorus hydrolase
Organophosphates
Rao et al. (2014)
Bacterial hydrolase
Archomobacter
sp., Pseudomonas
sp., Flavobacterium
sp., Nocardia
sp., Bacillus cereus
Carbofuran carbaryl diazinon
Rao et al. (2010)
Nitrilase
Nocardia
sp., Rhodococcus
sp.,
Fusarium solani, Aspergilus niger,
Cryptococcus
sp., Candida
guilliermondii
Aliphatic and alicyclic nitriles
Rao et al. (2010) and Ebbs (2004)
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