Marine Drugs, 2019 The deep sea, which is defined as sea water below a depth of 1000 m, is one of the largest biomes on the Earth, and is recognised as an extreme environment due to its range of challenging physical parameters, such as pressure, salinity, temperature ...
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Biofuels 2020: Biorefineries based on lignocellulosic materials [PDF]
, 2016 The production of liquid biofuels to blend with gasoline is of worldwide importance to secure the energy supply while reducing the use of fossil fuels, supporting the development of rural technology with knowledge-based jobs and mitigating greenhouse gas
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Overexpression and simple purification of the Thermotoga maritima 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in Escherichia coli and its application for NADPH regeneration [PDF]
, 2009 Background Thermostable enzymes from thermophilic microorganisms are playing more and more important roles in molecular biology R&D and industrial applications.
Yiran Wang, Y-H Percival Zhang
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Strategies towards the functionalization of subtilisin E from bacillus subtilis for wool finishing applications [PDF]
, 2008 Subtilisin E is an alkaline serine protease secreted by the Gram positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis and widely used in industry as a biocatalyst for various processes. The most common application of subtilisins is in laundry detergents. However, due to
Araújo, Rita +2 more
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Marine Drugs, 2020 Deep-sea hypersaline anoxic basins (DHABs) are considered to be among the most extreme ecosystems on our planet, allowing only the life of polyextremophilic organisms.
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A Novel Halophilic Lipase, LipBL, Showing High Efficiency in the Production of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Among extremophiles, halophiles are defined as microorganisms adapted to live and thrive in diverse extreme saline environments. These extremophilic microorganisms constitute the source of a number of hydrolases with great biotechnological ...
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Extremophilic Cellulases: A Comprehensive Review [PDF]
, 2023 Microbial cellulases are an important industrial enzyme having diverse applications in biotechnology, environmental challenges, industrial products and processes.
Bahuguna, Megha +4 more
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Extremophilic microbial communities on photovoltaic panel surfaces: a two‐year study
Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 13, Issue 6, Page 1819-1830, November 2020., 2020 Solar panel surfaces can be colonized by microorganisms adapted to desiccation, temperature fluctuations and solar radiation. Although the taxonomic and functional composition of these communities has been studied, the microbial colonization process remains unclear.
Kristie Tanner +6 more
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Microorganisms, 2020 Halophilic and halotolerant microorganisms represent promising sources of salt-tolerant enzymes that could be used in various biotechnological processes where high salt concentrations would otherwise inhibit enzymatic transformations.
Robert Ruginescu +7 more
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Rational engineering of a cold-adapted α-amylase from the Antarctic ciliate Euplotes focardii for simultaneous improvement of thermostability and catalytic activity [PDF]
, 2017 The α-amylases are endo-acting enzyme which hydrolyze starch by randomly cleaving the 1,4-α-D-glucosidic linkages between the adjacent glucose units in linear amylose chain.
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