Immobilization of the urease on eggshell membrane and its application in biosensor.

Eggshell membrane is a natural material, essentially made up of protein fibers having flexibility in the aqueous solution and possessing gas and water permeability. It is used as a biomembrane for immobilization of urease for the development of a potentiometric urea biosensor. Eggshell membrane was treated with polyethyleneimine (PEI) to impart polycation characteristics.

Glutaraldehyde activated eggshell membrane for immobilization of tyrosinase from Amorphophallus companulatus: application in construction of electrochemical biosensor for dopamine.

Tyrosinase from a plant source Amorphophallus companulatus was immobilized on eggshell membrane using glutaraldehyde. Among the three different approaches used for immobilization, activation of eggshell membrane by glutaraldehyde followed by enzyme adsorption on activated support could stabilize the enzyme tyrosinase and was found to be effective. K(m) and V(max) values for dopamine hydrochloride calculated from Lineweaver-Burk plot were 0.

Uranium sorption by Pseudomonas biomass immobilized in radiation polymerized polyacrylamide bio-beads.

A Pseudomonas strain identified as a potent biosorbent of uranium (U) and thorium was immobilized in radiation-induced polyacrylamide matrix for its application in radionuclide containing wastewater treatment. The immobilized biomass exhibited a high U sorption of 202 mg g(-1) dry wt. with its optimum at pH 5.

Immobilization of catalase by entrapment of permeabilized yeast cells in hen egg white using glutaraldehyde.

An immobilized preparation of whole cell-based catalase was obtained by cross-linking the yeast cells permeabilized with toluene in hen egg white using glutaraldehyde. Optimal preparations were obtained when cross-linking was carried out for 2 h at 4 degrees C. Immobilized cells could be reused for the removal of H2O2 from milk.

A cloth strip bioreactor with immobilized glucoamylase.

Glucoamylase was immobilized on polyethylenimine (PEI)-coated cotton cloth by adsorption followed by cross-linking with 0.2% glutaraldehyde in the presence of starch. Optimal adsorption of the enzyme was seen when cloth treated with 2% PEI was contacted with the enzyme for 50 min.