Extremophiles and Extremophilic Behaviour-New Insights and Perspectives. [PDF]
Life (Basel)Extremophiles, throughout evolutionary time, have evolved a plethora of unique strategies to overcome hardships associated with the environments they are found in. Modifying their genome, showing a bias towards certain amino acids, redesigning their proteins, and enhancing their membranes and other organelles with specialised chemical compounds are ...
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Advances in Extremophile Research: Biotechnological Applications through Isolation and Identification Techniques [PDF]
LifeExtremophiles, organisms thriving in extreme environments such as hot springs, deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and hypersaline ecosystems, have garnered significant attention due to their remarkable adaptability and biotechnological potential.
Giovanni Gallo, Martina Aulitto
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Biotechnological Potential of Extremophiles: Environmental Solutions, Challenges, and Advancements [PDF]
BiologyExtremophiles are microorganisms capable of living on Earth in ecological niches characterized by peculiar conditions, including extreme temperatures and/or pH, high salt concentrations, and the presence of heavy metals.
Fabrizia Sepe +3 more
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Genomic and proteomic evidences unravel the UV-resistome of the poly-extremophile Acinetobacter sp. Ver3 [PDF]
, 2015 Ultraviolet radiation can damage biomolecules, with detrimental or even lethal effects for life. Even though lower wavelengths are filtered by the ozone layer, a significant amount of harmful UV-B and UV-A radiation reach Earth?s surface, particularly in
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Extremophiles Breakthrough: Hot Topics and Current Issues in Their Isolation, Identification, and Biotechnological Applications [PDF]
LifeExtremophiles—organisms adapted to survive and thrive under extreme conditions—have fascinated scientists for decades, providing valuable insights into life’s resilience and offering untapped potential for technological innovation [...]
Martina Aulitto, Giovanni Gallo
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Potential of Subterranean Microbes: High‐Throughput Screening for Industrially Relevant Enzymatic Activities in Dinaric Caves [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpenEnzymes derived from extremophiles, or extremozymes, possess unique properties that enable them to function under extreme environmental conditions. Microbial communities in subterranean ecosystems have evolved specialized metabolic pathways to survive ...
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Extremophiles and Extreme Environments [PDF]
Life, 2013 Over the last decades, the study of extremophiles has providing ground breaking discoveries that challenge the paradigms of modern biology and make us rethink intriguing questions such as "what is life?", "what are the limits of life?", and "what are the
Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto
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Extremophiles and Extreme Environments: A Decade of Progress and Challenges [PDF]
LifeIt is with great enthusiasm that we embark on a retrospective journey to the landmark work “Extremophiles and Extreme Environments” (1 in Appendix A), published 10 years ago as part of its Special Issue (2 in Appendix A) [...]
Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto
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Extremophilic Microorganisms in Central Europe
Microorganisms, 2021 Extremophiles inhabit a wide variety of environments. Here we focus on extremophiles in moderate climates in central Europe, and particularly in Slovenia.
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Bioprospecting of Novel Extremozymes From Prokaryotes—The Advent of Culture-Independent Methods
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Extremophiles are remarkable organisms that thrive in the harshest environments on Earth, such as hydrothermal vents, hypersaline lakes and pools, alkaline soda lakes, deserts, cold oceans, and volcanic areas.
Maksim Sysoev +7 more
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