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Technical convenience and the urge to lower costs are driving industrial interest, and thus applied research, toward ever-increasing effort to prepare successfully immobilized enzymes. Immobilization allows re-use of enzymes, protects them from harsh external conditions, from microbial contamination, and prolongs their useful lifetime. There are probably as many immobilization methods as there are enzymes. This proliferation of techniques reflects the complexity of the biological material and the variety of its uses. Simple inexpensive general techniques, resulting in stable and active enzyme catalysts are yet in demand (Kennedy and White, 1985a).
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Braun, S. et al. (1991). Design and Properties of Enzymes Immobilized in Sol-Gel Glass Matrices. In: Kamely, D., Chakrabarty, A.M., Kornguth, S.E. (eds) Biotechnology: Bridging Research and Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3456-9_14
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