Treatment of tetracycline antibiotics by laccase in the presence of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole

• Suda, Tomoyo

• Hata, Takayuki

• Kawai, Shingo

• Okamura, Hideo

• Nishida, Tomoaki

Abstract

Tetracycline antibiotics are widely used in human and veterinary medicine; however, residual amounts of these antibiotics in the environment are of concern since they could contribute to selection of resistant bacteria. In this study, tetracycline (TC), chlortetracycline (CTC), doxycycline (DC) and oxytetracycline (OTC) were treated with laccase from the white rot fungus Trametes versicolor in the presence of the redox mediator 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT). High performance liquid chromatography demonstrated that DC and CTC were completely eliminated after 15min, while TC and CTC were eliminated after 1h. This system also resulted in a complete loss of inhibition of growth of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis and the green alga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata with decreasing tetracycline antibiotic concentration. These results suggest that the laccase-HBT system is effective in eliminating tetracycline antibiotics and removing their ecotoxicity.

Journal

• Bioresource technology

  Bioresource technology 103 (1), 498-501, 2011-10-20

  Elsevier

Details

• CRID: 1050001202800264320
• NII Article ID: 120003535063
• NII Book ID: AA11522750
• ISSN: 09608524
• ISSN: 18732976
• Web Site: http://hdl.handle.net/10297/6214
• Text Lang: en
• Article Type: journal article
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