Biodegradation of textile dyes by immobilized laccase from Coriolopsis gallica into Ca-alginate beads

Synthetic dyes are extensively used in a number of industries, such as textile dyeing. Due to their low biodegradability, they cause serious environmental pollution. Thus, in the present paper a partially-purified acid fungal laccase from the white-rot basidiomycete Coriolopsis gallica was entrapped into calcium alginate beads and applied to the decolorization of different synthetic dyes. Effects of immobilization conditions such as alginate...