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Li S, Zhang Y, Liu M, Du Z, Li J, Gu L, Xu L, Liu F. Ascorbic acid reduction pretreatment enhancing metal regulation to improve methane production from anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:169185. [PMID: 38092219 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Conversion of waste activated sludge (WAS) to methane by anaerobic digestion (AD) is often limited by the slow rate of hydrolysis, and the presence of metal ions in sludge is regarded as a critical factor hindering sludge hydrolysis. This study developed a novel strategy to remove Fe from WAS by using ascorbic acid (VC) as a reducing agent under acidic conditions. The feasibility of reduction pretreatment in improving methane production of AD and its intrinsic mechanism were investigated. Results indicate that, under VC doses of 100 mmol/L and pH of 3.50, pretreatment removed 47.60 % of Fe, 59.88 % of Ca, and 51.86 % of Mg contained in the sludge. The removal of metal ions facilitated the disruption of sludge flocculation structure and extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) layers, leading to a 14.78 % increase in cell lysis and a decrease in fractal dimension values to 2.08. Batch AD experiments showed that VC pretreatment improved methane production, with an optimized net methane yield of 190.22 mL/g·VS, an increase of 134.75 % compared to raw WAS. The pretreatment affected the interfacial interaction energy of the sludge, leading to a transformation in the sludge surfaces from hydrophilic to hydrophobic, reducing the interaction between sludge molecules and increasing the number of binding sites available for enzymatic reactions. According to a study of microbial communities, it was found that VC pretreatment caused an increase in the presence of essential functional microbes responsible for hydrolysis, acidification, and methanation. This increase in acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens resulted in a substantial enhancement in methane production. These results can be used to develop better pretreatment methods to enhance AD performance.
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- Siqi Li
- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, 174 Shapingba Road, 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-environments, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, 174 Shapingba Road, Chongqing 400045, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, Changsha Research Station for Agricultural & Environmental Monitoring, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan 410125, PR China
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Asraful Islam SM, Yeasmin S, Saiful Islam M. Organophosphorus pesticide tolerance of transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana by bacterial ophB gene encode organophosphorus hydrolase. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2021; 56:1051-1056. [PMID: 34842510 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2021.2009731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Organophosphate hydrolase (OphB) gene from Pseudomonas sp. was transferred into Arabidopsis plants to observe the bioremediation ability and tolerance level of the transgenic plant to organophosphate pesticides contaminants. Gene transfer was observed by PCR of the transgenic Arabidopsis plants' genomic DNA. Expression of ophB gene and protein levels in the transgenic Arabidopsis plants was observed by western blot analysis. The transgenic plants were resistant and tolerant to chlorpyrifos (an organophosphate pesticide), as evidenced by a toxicity test, where the transgenic plants produced greater shoot and root biomass than that of wild type plants. The fresh weight of transgenic Arabidopsis plants' did not reduced significantly till 400 ppm chlorpyrifos treatment, but fresh weight of wild type Arabidopsis plants' significantly reduced by the application of 100 ppm chlorpyrifos. Moreover, in 600 ppm chlorpyrifos liquid culture, transgenic Arabidopsis plants' produced 1.34 g biomass from 100 seeds, but wild type Arabidopsis plants' produced only 0.24 g biomass from 100 seeds. This study indicates that transgenic Arabidopsis plants having ophB gene increase the tolerance level of organophosphate pesticides.
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- Shah Md Asraful Islam
- Department of Plant Pathology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Bangladesh
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- Department of Forest Products, IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Soil Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Bangladesh
- Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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Math RK, Bharatham N, Javaregowda PK, Yun HD. Role of Cel5H protein surface amino acids in binding with clay minerals and measurements of its forces. Appl Microsc 2021; 51:17. [PMID: 34762191 PMCID: PMC8586110 DOI: 10.1186/s42649-021-00066-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Our previous study on the binding activity between Cel5H and clay minerals showed highest binding efficiency among other cellulase enzymes cloned. Here, based on previous studies, we hypothesized that the positive amino acids on the surface of Cel5H protein may play an important role in binding to clay surfaces. To examine this, protein sequences of Bacillus licheniformis Cel5H (BlCel5H) and Paenibacillus polymyxa Cel5A (PpCel5A) were analyzed and then selected amino acids were mutated. These mutated proteins were investigated for binding activity and force measurement via atomic force microscopy (AFM). A total of seven amino acids which are only present in BlCel5H but not in PpCel5A were selected for mutational studies and the positive residues which are present in both were omitted. Of the seven selected surface lysine residues, only three mutants K196A(M2), K54A(M3) and K157T(M4) showed 12%, 7% and 8% less clay mineral binding ability, respectively compared with wild-type. The probable reason why other mutants did not show altered binding efficiency might be due to relative location of amino acids on the protein surface. Meanwhile, measurement of adhesion forces on mica sheets showed a well-defined maximum at 69 ± 19 pN for wild-type, 58 ± 19 pN for M2, 53 ± 19 pN for M3, and 49 ± 19 pN for M4 proteins. Hence, our results demonstrated that relative location of surface amino acids of Cel5H protein especially positive charged amino acids are important in the process of clay mineral-protein binding interaction through electrostatic exchange of charges.
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- Renukaradhya K Math
- SDM Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, 5th Floor, Manjushree Building, SDM College of Medical Sciences & Hospital Campus, Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University, Dharwad, Sattur, 580009, India. .,Division of Applied Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, 660701, Republic of Korea.
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- The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560064, India
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- SDM Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, 5th Floor, Manjushree Building, SDM College of Medical Sciences & Hospital Campus, Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University, Dharwad, Sattur, 580009, India
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, 660701, Republic of Korea
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Overview of a bioremediation tool: organophosphorus hydrolase and its significant application in the food, environmental, and therapy fields. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:8241-8253. [PMID: 34665276 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11633-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In the past decades, the organophosphorus compounds had been widely used in the environment and food industries as pesticides. Owing to the life-threatening and long-lasting problems of organophosphorus insecticide (OPs), an effective detection and removal of OPs have garnered growing attention both in the scientific and practical fields in recent years. Bacterial organophosphorus hydrolases (OPHs) have been extensively studied due to their high specific activity against OPs. OPH could efficiently hydrolyze a broad range of substrates both including the OP pesticides and some nerve agents, suggesting a great potential for the remediation of OPs. In this review, the microbial identification, molecular modification, and practical application of OPHs were comprehensively discussed.Key points• Microbial OPH is a significant bioremediation tool against OPs.• Identification and molecular modification of OPH was discussed in detail.• The applications of OPH in food, environmental, and therapy fields are presented.
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Xu Y, Zheng L, Geng H, Liu R, Dai X. Enhancing acidogenic fermentation of waste activated sludge via isoelectric-point pretreatment: Insights from physical structure and interfacial thermodynamics. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 185:116237. [PMID: 32739701 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The poor biodegradability of waste activated sludge (WAS) is widely regarded as one of the main bottlenecks in the fermentation of sludge and is attributed mainly to the complex nature of sludge. In this study, the physical structure and interfacial thermodynamics of sludge, which reflect its complex nature, were explored to reveal the effects of isoelectric-point (pI) pretreatment on enhancing the production of volatile fatty acids (VFA). It was observed that the maximum VFA production and the initial VFA production rate increased by 151.2% and 46.6%, respectively, after pI pretreatment, which indicates that pI pretreatment significantly improved the generation efficiency of VFA. The experimental results of 12-day acidogenic fermentation assays following pI pretreatment show that the maximum concentrations of soluble total organic carbon, soluble protein and soluble polysaccharide increased by 209.8%, 148.9% and 84.5%, respectively, and the maximal proportion of low molecular weight (<1 kDa) soluble organic substances increased by 92.4%, thus confirming that pI pretreatment can promote organic solubilisation and hydrolysis in sludge. The analyses of changes in the fractal dimension (Df), the spatial configuration of extracellular polymeric substances, and the interfacial non-covalent interaction energy of sludge during the fermentation process reveal that pI pretreatment can loosen the physical structure, promote the spatial extension of biopolymer molecular chains, and increase the driving forces of solid-liquid interfacial enzymatic reactions. It is thus hypothesised that these changes could be responsible for the high degree of organic solubilisation, hydrolysis and acidification of WAS, which is further confirmed by correlation analyses of the Df and interfacial free energy versus VFA production. These findings are expected to provide a possible means to improve the biodegradability of sludge via its pI to trigger dismantling of the sludge structure and increase the driving forces of interfacial enzymatic reactions.
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- Ying Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, PR China.
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Xue S, Li J, Zhou L, Gao J, Liu G, Ma L, He Y, Jiang Y. Simple Purification and Immobilization of His-Tagged Organophosphohydrolase from Cell Culture Supernatant by Metal Organic Frameworks for Degradation of Organophosphorus Pesticides. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:13518-13525. [PMID: 31757125 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b05206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Coordinating unsaturated metal sites (CUS) on the surface of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) could be used to adsorb His-tagged proteins. The specific adsorption between CUS and His-tagged proteins could reduce preparation steps, shorten preparation time, and could also avoid the binding between the metal ion of metalloenzyme active center and the chelating agent to ensure the enzyme activity. In this study, MIL-88A was synthesized by hydrothermal method and used to purify and immobilize His-tagged organophosphohydrolase (OpdA) in one step for organophosphate bioremediation. Under optimized conditions, OpdA@MIL-88A had a maximal activity of 1554 U/gprotein, which was nearly 5 times higher than free OpdA. Compared with free OpdA, OpdA@MIL-88A exhibited improved organic solvent tolerance, SDS tolerance, thermal stability, and storage stability. OpdA@MIL-88A was used to degrade organophosphorus pesticides on grapes and cucumbers. After reuse 6 times, OpdA@MIL-88A retained more than 66% and 61% of the initial activity, respectively. Therefore, this proposed strategy provided a facile and effective method for degradation of organophosphorus pesticides.
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- Saiguang Xue
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology , Hebei University of Technology , 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District , Tianjin , 300130 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology , Hebei University of Technology , 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District , Tianjin , 300130 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology , Hebei University of Technology , 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District , Tianjin , 300130 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology , Hebei University of Technology , 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District , Tianjin , 300130 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology , Hebei University of Technology , 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District , Tianjin , 300130 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology , Hebei University of Technology , 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District , Tianjin , 300130 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology , Hebei University of Technology , 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District , Tianjin , 300130 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology , Hebei University of Technology , 8 Guangrong Road, Hongqiao District , Tianjin , 300130 , P. R. China
- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation of Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization , Hebei University of Technology , Tianjin 300130 , P. R. China
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Math RK, Kambiranda D, Yun HD, Ghebreiyessus Y. Binding of cloned Cel enzymes on clay minerals related to the pI of the enzymes and database survey of cellulases of soil bacteria for pI. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2019; 84:238-246. [PMID: 31625450 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2019.1679613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The Cel genes from Bacillus licheniformis MSB03 were cloned and expressed to investigate binding ability on clay minerals and sea sand at pH ranging 3 to 9. FTIR analysis has been done to characterize bound enzymes on clay minerals. Subsequent, surveying of NCBI database for extracellular enzymes of soil bacteria was carried out. Among the five cloned Cel enzymes assayed for binding to clay minerals, only Cel5H enzyme had the binding ability. Enzyme Cel5H exhibited highest binding to montmorillonite followed by kaolinite and sea sand. Interestingly, Cel5H had higher pI value of 9.24 than other proteins (5.2-5.7). Cel5H binding to montmorillonite was shown to be negatively affected below pH 3 and above pH 9. Infrared absorption spectra of the Cel5H-montmorillonite complexes showed distinct peaks for clay minerals and bound proteins. Furthermore, database survey of soil bacterial extracellular enzymes revealed that Bacillus species enzymes had higher pI than other soil bacterial enzymes.
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- Renukaradhya K Math
- Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Southern University Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Southern University Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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Math RK, Reddy S, Dae Yun H, Kambiranda D, Ghebreiyessus Y. Modeling the clay minerals-enzyme binding by fusion fluorescent proteins and under atomic force microscope. Microsc Res Tech 2019; 82:884-891. [PMID: 30775836 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In the present study, binding of cellulase protein to different clay minerals were tested using fluorescent-protein complex and microscopic techniques. Cellulase gene (Cel5H) was cloned into three fluorescent vectors and expressed as fusion enzymes. Binding of Cel5H-mineral particles was confirmed by confocal microscopy, and enzyme assay. Among the Cel5H-fusion enzymes, green-fusion enzyme showed higher intensity compared with other red and yellow fusion-proteins. Intensity of fusion-proteins was dependent on the pH of the medium. Confocal microscopy revealed binding of the all three fusion proteins with different clay minerals. However, montmorillonite displayed higher binding capacity than kaolinite clay. Likewise, atomic force microscopy (AFM) image profile analysis showed proteins appeared globular molecules in free-state on mica surface with an average cross sectional diameter of 110 ± 2 nm and rough surface of montmorillonite made protein appear flattened due to structural alteration. Even surface of kaolinite also exerted some strain on protein molecular conformation after binding to surface. Our results provide further evidence for 3D visualization of enzyme-soil complex and encourage furthering study of the force involved interactions. Therefore, our results indicate that binding of proteins to clay minerals was external and provides a molecular method to observe the interaction of clay minerals-enzyme complex.
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- Renukaradhya K Math
- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju 660701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju 660701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju 660701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Southern University Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Southern University Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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