Microorganisms from Antarctica: A Review of Their Potential in the Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils [PDF]
MicroorganismsAntarctica’s extreme cryospheric conditions impose severe thermodynamic constraints on the natural attenuation of hydrocarbon pollutants. Despite the Antarctic Treaty System’s protections, the footprint of human logistics has left persistent reservoirs ...
Jaime Naranjo-Moran +2 more
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Cold-Active Starch-Degrading Enzymes from a Cold and Alkaline Greenland Environment: Role of Ca2+ Ions and Conformational Dynamics in Psychrophilicity [PDF]
BiomoleculesCold-active enzymes hold promise for energy-efficient processes. Amylases are widely used in household and industrial applications, but only a few are cold-active.
Malthe Kjær Bendtsen +16 more
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Marine Drugs, 2011 The diversity and cold-active hydrolytic enzymes of culturable bacteria associated with sandy sediment from Nella Fjord, Eastern Antarctica (69°22′6″ S, 76°21′45″ E) was investigated. A total of 33 aerobic heterotrophic bacterial strains were isolated at
Bo Chen +3 more
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Biotechnological Aspects of Cold-Active Enzymes
, 2017 Cold-adapted enzymes produced by organisms inhabiting permanently low temperature environments are typically characterized by a high activity at low to moderate temperatures and a poor thermal stability.
M. Barroca +3 more
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Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2020 Enzymes which would be active in cold conditions can be used in a wide range of fields from molecular biology to detergent industry due to their low processing capacity and high activity.
Muslu Selman +4 more
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Selection of Psychrotolerant Microorganisms Producing Cold-Active Pectinases for Biotechnological Processes at Low Temperature [PDF]
Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2011 In winemaking, low temperatures are favourable for the production and retention of flavour and colour components, requiring the use of cold-active enzymes.
María S. Cabeza +5 more
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Pseudomonas strains from the Livingston Island, Antarctica: a source of cold-active hydrolytic enzymes [PDF]
, 2023 Pseudomonas spp. is considered one of the most successful bacterial genera due to its plasticity and metabolic versatility, which has allowed it to colonize different ecosystems, including Antarctica.
Acevedo Barrios, Rosa Leonor +8 more
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Psychrophilic enzymes: strategies for cold-adaptation. [PDF]
, 2023 peer reviewedPsychrophilic organisms thriving at near-zero temperatures synthesize cold-adapted enzymes to sustain cell metabolism. These enzymes have overcome the reduced molecular kinetic energy and increased viscosity inherent to their environment and
Feller, Georges, Collins, Tony
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Antarctic bacterial isolates that produce cold-active extracellular proteases at low temperature but are active and stable at high temperature [PDF]
Polar Research, 2011 We report the isolation and identification of bacteria that produce extracellular cold-active proteases, obtained from water samples collected near the Uruguayan Antarctic Base on King George Island, South Shetlands.
Cecilia Martínez-Rosales +1 more
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Culturable Bacterial Isolates from Arctic Soil shows High Biotechnological Potential
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022 Polar microbiology remains as the most fascinating area of research which mainly focuses on exploration of psychrophilic organisms for having their cold-active enzymes of biotechnological potential.
Md. Raihan Uddin +2 more
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