Laccases are oxidoreductases that are known to degrade many environmental pollutants. In this publication we successfully modified the estrogenicity assay ER-Calux® to be applicable to test raw waste water samples without the need for sample extraction. The new method significantly reduces analysis time and material consumption with 95% reduction of the analysis costs. On the basis of these results we expect high applicability of the modified ER-CALUX® assay as a screening test, where demanding chemical analysis can be performed only on critical samples. We also assume that this test will be very useful to test catalytic potential of bacterial laccases for the degradation of estrogens in waste water.
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