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Table 2 Decolorization percentages for different synthetic organic dyes obtained by Leptosphaerulina sp. laccase (100 mU) alone or in the presence of acetosyringone (AS), syringaldehyde (SYR), methyl-syringate (MS) or HBT as redox mediators (mediator/dye ratio = 2) after 4 h of treatment

From: Identification and characterization of laccase-type multicopper oxidases involved in dye-decolorization by the fungus Leptosphaerulina sp.

 

Laccase

L-AS

L + SYR

L-MS

L-HBT

Methyl orange (azo dye)

12.8

92.2

91.5

93.1

12.0

Reactive Black 5 (di-azo dye)

3.0

41.6

17.0

41.1

2.7

Evans Blue (di azo-dye)

32.4

79.2

74.2

80.7

31.8

Orange II (azo dye)

2.9

80.0

48.2

83.0

2.6

Aniline Blue (triarylmethane dye)

29.4

47.6

37.4

47.9

30.4

Acid Blue 74 (indigo dye)

16.4

90.6

91.3

91.3

17.0

Remazol Brilliant Blue (anthraquinone dye)

2.2

20.9

56.1

15.2

1.5