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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2001, p. 2208-2212, Vol. 67, No. 5
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2208-2212.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

New Pulp Biobleaching System Involving Manganese Peroxidase Immobilized in a Silica Support with Controlled Pore Sizes

Toshiya Sasaki, Tsutomu Kajino, Bo Li, Hidehiko Sugiyama, and Haruo Takahashi*

Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan

Received 21 November 2000/Accepted 6 March 2001

Attempts have been made to use manganese peroxidase (MnP) for chlorine-free pulp biobleaching, but they have not been commercially viable because of the enzyme's low stability. We developed a new pulp biobleaching method involving mesoporous material-immobilized manganese peroxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium. MnP immobilized in FSM-16, a folded-sheet mesoporous material whose pore size is nearly the same as the diameter of the enzyme, had the highest thermal stability and tolerance to H2O2. MnP immobilized in FSM-16 retained more than 80% of its initial activity even after 10 days of continuous reaction. We constructed a thermally discontinuous two-stage reactor system, in which the enzyme (39°C) and pulp-bleaching (70°C) reactions were performed separately. When the treatment of pulp with MnP by means of the two-stage reactor system and alkaline extraction was repeated seven times, the brightness of the pulp increased to about 88% within 7 h after completion of the last treatment.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan. Phone: 81-561-63-8491. Fax: 81-561-63-6498. E-mail: e1092{at}mosk.tytlabs.co.jp.


Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2001, p. 2208-2212, Vol. 67, No. 5
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2208-2212.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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