ENZYMATIC DECONTAMINATION OF AQUEOUS POLYMER EMULSIONS CONTAINING ACRYLONITRILE

Authors
BATTISTEL E BERNARDI A MAESTRI P
Citation
E. Battistel et al., ENZYMATIC DECONTAMINATION OF AQUEOUS POLYMER EMULSIONS CONTAINING ACRYLONITRILE, Biotechnology letters, 19(2), 1997, pp. 131-134
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
131 - 134
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1997)19:2<131:EDOAPE>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Residual acrylonitrile monomer was quantitatively removed from aqueous polymer emulsions (latexes) of nitrilic rubbers by means of whole cel ls and cellular lysates of Brevibacterium imperiale and Corynebacteriu m nitrilophilus. A commercially-available immobilized nitrilase prepar ation allowed the conversion of acrylonitrile into acrylic acid and th e recycle of the catalyst with retention of the reaction efficiency.