A new strategy to prevent the biofouling of water-submerged surfaces is presented here. In particular, the authors show that carbonic anydrase from Methanosarcina thermophila can be entrapped into polyacrylic paints, preserving enzyme activity. In addition, the authors also show that enzyme-containing paints inhibit the growth of marine microorganims, preventing biofouling.
Enzyme-Containing Paints Inhibit the Growth of Marine Microorganisms / Lucio Panizza; Paola Frisenda; Alessandra Stefan; Marco Francese; Alessandra Madeo; Elena Martelli; Alejandro Hochkoeppler. - In: JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. - ISSN 1934-7375. - ELETTRONICO. - 8:(2014), pp. 151-156.
Enzyme-Containing Paints Inhibit the Growth of Marine Microorganisms
STEFAN, ALESSANDRA;HOCHKOEPPLER, ALEJANDRO
2014
Abstract
A new strategy to prevent the biofouling of water-submerged surfaces is presented here. In particular, the authors show that carbonic anydrase from Methanosarcina thermophila can be entrapped into polyacrylic paints, preserving enzyme activity. In addition, the authors also show that enzyme-containing paints inhibit the growth of marine microorganims, preventing biofouling.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.