Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of natural mediators on the stability of the Trametes trogii crude laccase in the process of decolourization of textile effluents. Acetosyringone allowed the highest wastewaters decolourization rate of 25%. At higher concentrations of acetosyringone, the relative activity of laccase decreased approximately by between 38% and 88% after 5 days of incubation. T. trogii laccase was strongly inactivated at 3 mM syringaldehyde, after 3 days of incubation. However, laccase activity is more stable in the presence of the vanillin and m-coumarate. The T. trogii growth on solid effluentbased- medium was examined and evaluated by measuring the colony diameter in cm. T. trogii was completely inhibited on 100:0 and 80:20 effluent:water solid medium, however, colony diameter reached 5 cm on 60:40 effluent:water solid medium after 13–14 days incubation. When the textile effluent was pre-treated with laccase and laccase-acetosyringone system, the colony diameter of 2 cm of T. trogii on 80:20 effluent:water solid medium was reached after 14 and 10 days of incubation respectively.

• Keywords: laccase; stability; natural mediator; wastewater