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EMCEI 2017: Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions pp 133–135Cite as

The Promising Keratin-Biodegradation and Hide-Dehairing Activities of the Keratinase KERUS from Brevibacillus Brevis Strain US575

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Leather making is an important socio-economic activity for several countries throughout the world. This industry is, however, associated with severe health and ecological problems owing to the use of various chemicals and release of hazardous effluents in the environment.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research “Contrats Programmes LMB-CBS, grant no. LR10CBS04_2010-2013 and LMBEE-CBS, grant no. LR15CBS06_2015-2018”, the “National Programme for the Promotion of Technological Innovation, grants no. PNRI-ENZYME 2012–2016 and PNRI Dégraissage-Reverdissage 2017–2019”, and The Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Project Tuniso-Algerian JAOUADI/BADIS grant no. TA/04/2012_TNDZ-MicrooZymes_2012-2017).

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  1. Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Engineering Enzymes (LMBEE), Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Road of Sidi Mansour Km 6, PO Box 1177, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia

    Nadia Zaraî Jaouadi, Hatem Rekik, Sahar Trabelsi, Mouna Belhoul, Samir Bejar & Bassem Jaouadi

  2. Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry and Biomolecules (LNPCBio), University of Blida 1, Road of Soumaâ, PO Box 270, 09000, Blida, Algeria

    Abdelmalek Badis

  3. National Centre for Research and Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture (CNRDPA), 11 Bd Amirouche, PO Box 67, Bou Ismaïl, 42415, Tipaza, Algeria

    Abdelmalek Badis

  4. National Center of Leather and Shoes (CNCC), 17, Road of Leather. Z.I. Sidi Rezig, 2033, Mégrine, Ben Arous, Tunisia

    Chiraz Gorgi Hila, Ahlem Irmani, Haifa Khemir & Abdessatar Toumi

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Jaouadi, N.Z. et al. (2018). The Promising Keratin-Biodegradation and Hide-Dehairing Activities of the Keratinase KERUS from Brevibacillus Brevis Strain US575. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_45

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