Continuous biotransformation of bisphenol A and diclofenac by laccase in an enzymatic membrane reactor

Authors

Ngoc Luong Nguyen, University of WollongongFollow
Faisal I. Hai, University of WollongongFollow
William Price, University of WollongongFollow
Frederic Leusch, Griffith University
Felicity Roddick, RMIT University
Ewan J. Mcadam, Cranfield University
Saleh Faraj Magram, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Long D. Nghiem, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

91226

Publication Details

Nguyen, L. N., Hai, F. I., Price, W. E., Leusch, F. D.L., Roddick, F., McAdam, E. J., Magram, S. F. & Nghiem, L. D. (2014). Continuous biotransformation of bisphenol A and diclofenac by laccase in an enzymatic membrane reactor. International Biodeterioration Biodegradation, 95 (Part A), 25-32.

Abstract

A novel enzymatic membrane reactor (EMR) was explored for continuous removal of two trace organic contaminatnts (TrOCs) ubiquitously detected in wastewater - namely bisphenol A (BPA and diclofnac (DCF) - by a commercially available laccase from aspergillus oryzae.