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Article: Enzyme removes peroxide from wastewater.(catalase enzyme)(Thermus brockianus)
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- Waste News
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- February 27, 2006
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Byline: Tracy Hayhurst
The term "extremeophile'' might bring to mind someone who skis off cliffs or jumps from skyscrapers, but it applies to a type of bacterium that lives in the extreme conditions found in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park in Montana.
If researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls get their way, an enzyme from one of these extremeophiles, Thermus brockianus, will make its way into industrial wastewater streams, safely scrubbing the water of hydrogen peroxide.
Hydrogen peroxide is used as a greener alternative to chlorine to clean, bleach and disinfect in a variety of a industries, including ...