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. 2017 May 16;8:832. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00832

Table 4.

Laccase treatment of antibiotics.

Compound Laccase Enzyme form Reaction parameters Efficiency Toxicity after treatment References
PENICILLINS
Amoxicillin, ampicillin, cloxacillin, penicillin G, penicillin V, oxacillin T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Enzymatic membrane reactor 10 μg/L antibiotics, 1 mM SA, starting pH 6, 25°C, 0.07 m/s flow, tangential configuration 54–100% after 24 h Increased (B. subtilis and V. fischeri) Becker et al., 2016
SULFONAMIDES
Sulfapyridine, sulfathiazole T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Free 16–20 mg/L antibiotic, 50–55 U/L laccase, 0.8 mM VA, pH 4.5, 25°C, 135 rpm 100% after 8 h NR Rodriguez-Rodriguez et al., 2012
Sulfadimethoxine, sulfamonomethoxine Perenniporia strain TFRI 707 Free 50 mg/L antibiotic, 6 U/mL, 1 mM ABTS or VA, pH 4.1, 30°C, 8% glycerol t(1/2) (min): 1.8–4.1 NR Weng et al., 2012
Sulfadimethoxine, sulfamonomethoxine Perenniporia strain TFRI 707 Free 50 mg/L antibiotic, 6 U/mL laccase, 8% glycerol; 1 mM ABTS, pH 4, 50–60°C; 1 mM VA, pH 4, 40–60°C; 2 mM SA, pH 6, 50°C 100% after 30 min with ABTS; 100% after 15 min with VA; >95% after 60 min with SA Reduced (V. fischeri) with VA and HBA; increased with ABTS and SA Weng et al., 2013
Sulfamethoxazole T. versicolor Free 1,100 μg/L antibiotic, 1 mM HBT, 25°C, 70 rpm 41% after 22 h NR Yang et al., 2013b
Sulfamethoxazole M. thermophila laccase expressed in A. oryzae (Novozyme) Enzymatic membrane reactor 830 μg/L d antibiotic, 70–100 μM/min laccase, 5 μM SA, 3 g/L granular activated carbon 65% Increased (ToxScreen3 assay with Photobacterium leiognathi), which can be reduced by granular activated carbon addition Nguyen et al., 2014b
Sulfadiazine, sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole Echinodontium taxodii Oriented immobilization on Fe3O4 nanoparticles 50 mg/L antibiotic, 0.2 U/mL laccase, 1 mM AS, SA or SYA, pH 5 >95% after 30 min Reduced (E. coli and S. aureus) Shi et al., 2014
Sulfamethoxazole T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Free 73–93 μM antibiotic, mediator/laccase ratio: 1.1 (ABTS), 1.7 (SA) or 2.4 (AS), pH 6, 25°C, static 100% Reduced (algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata) Margot et al., 2015
Sulfamethoxazole, sulfathiazole T. versicolor On porous silica beads 50 mg/L antibiotic, 1 U/mL laccase, 1 mM HBT, pH 5, 40°C, 50 rpm 76–85% after 1 h Reduced (E. coli, P. aeruginosa, H. influenza, S. enterica, S. aureus, S. pneumoniae) Rahmani et al., 2015
Sulfadimethoxine T. versicolor Free Per gram soil: 2 μg antibiotic, 10 U laccase, 8 μmol ABTS or HBT, 1 mg peat; room temperature >90% after 72 h NR Singh R. et al., 2015
Sulfadiazine, sulfamethoxazole, P. sanguineus In culture 25 mg/L antibiotics, 600 U/L laccase, 0.274 g/L ABTS, 28°C 84% after 6 h Reduced (E. coli, B. subtilis, B. licheniformis) Li et al., 2016
Sulfamethoxazole T. versicolor Lac3 expressed in S. cerevisiae Surface display 30 μM antibiotic, 0.25 U/mL laccase, pH 5, 37°C, 250 rpm 44% after 30 h NR Chen et al., 2016
Sulfamethoxazole Phoma sp. UHH 5-1-03 Free 250 μM antibiotic, 3 U/mL laccase, 500 μM SA, pH 5, 22°C, 120 rpm 87% after 22 h NR Hofmann and Schlosser, 2016
Sulfabenzamide, sulfadiazine, sulfadimethoxine, sulfamerazine, sulfamethizole, sulfamethoxazole, sulfamethoxypyridazine, sulfanitran, sulfapyridine, sulfisomidine, sulfisoxazole, sulfathiazole, T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Enzymatic membrane reactor 10 μg/L antibiotics, 10 or 1,000 μM SA, starting pH 6, 25°C, 0.07 m/s flow, tangential configuration 43–97% after 24 h with 10 μM SA; 50–100% after 24 h with 1,000 μM SA Increased (B. subtilis and V. fischeri) Becker et al., 2016
Sulfamethoxazole M. thermophila laccase expressed in A. oryzae (Novozyme) On granular activated carbon, continuous flow packed-bed reactor 0.5 mg/L antibiotic, 0.4 g/mL laccase, 28°C, 8.5 BV/h (BV: 17 mL) 100% for 4,000 BV, 70% after 12,000 BV (60 d) NR Nguyen et al., 2016a
Sulfadiazine, sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, sulfapyridine, sulfathiazole T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Free 10 mg/L antibiotics, 0.5 mg/mL laccase, 0.5 mM SA, pH 6, 25°C, 200 rpm 73–80% after 15 min; 97–99% after 180 min NR Ding et al., 2016
TETRACYCLINES
Chlortetracycline, doxycycline, oxytetracycline, tetracycline T. versicolor Free 100 μM antibiotic, 10 nkat/mL laccase, 0.2 mM HBT, pH 4.5, 30°C, 150 rpm Chlortetracycline and doxycycline: 100% after 15 min; tetracycline and oxytetracycline: 100% after 1 h Reduced (E. coli and Bacillus subtilis) Suda et al., 2012
Tetracycline T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Enzymatic membrane reactor 20 mg/L antibiotic, 0.002 g/L laccase, pH 6, 25°C, batch 0.34 mg/h for 10 d NR de Cazes et al., 2014
Tetracycline T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Enzymatic membrane reactor 20 mg/L antibiotic, 10 g/L laccase, 1.4 μm pore size, 25 cm length, tangential (10 L/h), 25°C, 8 L/h/m2 permeation >200 mg/h/m2 for 24 h NR de Cazes et al., 2015
Tetracycline T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Free 100 μg/mL antibiotic, 17.5 μg/mL laccase, pH 7, 20°C 78% after 18 h Reduced (B. subtilis) Llorca et al., 2015
Chlortetracycline, doxycycline, oxytetracycline, tetracycline T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Enzymatic membrane reactor 10 μg/L antibiotics, 10 μM SA, starting pH 6, 25°C, 0.07 m/s flow, tangential configuration 85–98% after 24 h Increased (B. subtilis and V. fischeri) Becker et al., 2016
Chlortetracycline, doxycycline, oxytetracycline, tetracycline T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Free 10 mg/L antibiotics, 0.5 mg/mL laccase, 0.5 mM SA, pH 6, 25°C, 200 rpm 61–100% after 15 min; 95–100% after 180 min NR Ding et al., 2016
Oxytetracycline, tetracycline Cerrena sp. HYB07 Magnetic cross-linked enzyme aggregates 100 μg/mL antibiotic, 40 U/mL laccase, pH 6, 25°C 80% after 12 h Reduced (E. coli and B. licheniformis) Yang et al., 2017
QUINOLONES
Flumequine T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Free 90 mg/L antibiotic, 6 U/mL laccase, 1.35 mM ABTS, pH 4, 39°C, 150 rpm 98% after 2 h NR Ashrafi et al., 2015
Ciprofloxacin A. oryzae Free 10 mg/L antibiotic, 0.02% (w/v) laccase, pH 6, 60°C, 200 rpm ultrasound (75 W, 22 kHz, 50% duty cycle), 51% after 5 h NR Sutar and Rathod, 2015
Cinoxacin, ciprofloxacin, danofloxacin, difloxacin, enoxacin, enrofloxacin, flumequine, marbofloxacin, nalidixic acid, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, orbifloxacin, oxolinic acid, pipemidic acid T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Enzymatic membrane reactor 10 μg/L antibiotics, 10 or 1,000 μM SA, starting pH 6, 25°C, 0.07 m/s flow, tangential configuration 0–84% after 24 h with 10 μM SA; 15–93% after 24 h with 1,000 μM SA Increased (B. subtilis and V. fischeri) Becker et al., 2016
Ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, enrofloxacin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Free Laccase/SA (10 mg/L antibiotics, 0.5 mg/mL laccase, 0.5 mM SA, pH 6, 25°C, 200 rpm) coupled with soil (0.05 g/mL) adsorption 91–99% after 15 min; 96–100% after 180 min; enoxacin: 74% after 15 min with only laccase and SA NR Ding et al., 2016
Ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin Streptomyces ipomoeae SilA expressed in E. coli Free 50 mg/L antibiotic, 0.4 U/mL laccase, 0.5 mM AS, pH 8, 35°C >70% after 4 h; >90% after 24 h Reduced (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata) Blánquez et al., 2016
DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR
Trimethoprim T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Enzymatic membrane reactor 10 μg/L antibiotic, 1 mM SA, starting pH 6, 25°C, 0.07 m/s flow, tangential configuration 66.8% after 24 h Increased (B. subtilis and V. fischeri) Becker et al., 2016
Trimethoprim T. versicolor (Fluka) Magnetic cross-linked enzyme aggregates 100 μg/L antibiotic, 1 U/mL laccase, 0.1 mM ABTS, pH 7, 20°C, 125 rpm 47% after 6 h; 60% after 12 h NR Kumar and Cabana, 2016
NITROIMIDAZOLE
Metronidazole T. versicolor (Sigma-Aldrich) Enzymatic membrane reactor 10 μg/L antibiotic, 10 μM SA, starting pH 6, 25°C, 0.07 m/s flow, tangential configuration 25.9% after 24 h Increased (B. subtilis and V. fischeri) Becker et al., 2016

Only the best reaction parameters are shown. ABTS, 2,2′-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate); AS, acetosyringone; BV, bed volume; HBA, 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol; HBT, 1-hydroxybenzotriazole; NR, not reported; SA, syringaldehyde; SYA, syringic acid; VA, violuric acid.