The Survival of Haloferax mediterranei under Stressful Conditions. [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 Haloarchaea can survive and thrive under exposure to a wide range of extreme environmental factors, which represents a potential interest to biotechnology.
Matarredona L +5 more
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Haloferax mediterranei Cells as C50 Carotenoid Factories. [PDF]
Mar Drugs, 2021 Haloarchaea produce C50 carotenoids such as bacterioruberin, which are of biotechnological in-terest. This study aimed to analyze the effect of different environmental and nutritional conditions on the cellular growth and dynamics of carotenoids ...
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Evaluation of Haloferax mediterranei Strain R4 Capabilities for Cadmium Removal from Brines. [PDF]
Mar Drugs, 2023 Haloferax mediterranei has revealed a high bioremediation potential for several inorganic anions (e.g., nitrates and nitrites) and metals from hypersaline waters and brines.
Saez-Zamacona I +2 more
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Purification and Characterization of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthase from Extremely Halophilic Archaeon <i>Haloferax mediterranei</i>: Key Enzyme of Biodegradable Plastic Synthesis. [PDF]
Bioengineering (Basel)The biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymer is highly dependent on the activity of a key enzyme, PHA synthase (PhaC). The halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei can accumulate large amounts of PHAs from different carbon sources under ...
Alsafadi D, Ghalawinji Y, Khalili FI.
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Optimization of Nitrogen Source Supply for Enhanced Biosynthesis and Quality of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-Co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) by Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Haloferax mediterranei [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpen, 2020 The extreme halophilic archaeon, Haloferax mediterranei can accumulate polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from different renewable resources. To enhance the biosynthesis and quality of PHA, H.
Othman Al-Mashaqbeh, Diya Alsafadi
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Engineering Haloferax mediterranei as an Efficient Platform for High Level Production of Lycopene. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2018 Lycopene attracts increasing interests in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries due to its anti-oxidative and anti-cancer properties. Compared with other lycopene production methods, such as chemical synthesis or direct extraction from plants,
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Differences in homologous recombination and maintenance of heteropolyploidy between Haloferax volcanii and Haloferax mediterranei. [PDF]
G3 (Bethesda), 2023 Polyploidy, the phenomenon of having more than one copy of the genome in an organism, is common among haloarchaea. While providing short-term benefits for DNA repair, polyploidy is generally regarded as an “evolutionary trap” that by the notion of the ...
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Assessment of Haloferax mediterranei Genome in Search of Copper-Molecular Machinery With Potential Applications for Bioremediation. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2022 Heavy metals are essential micronutrients at low concentrations, serving as cofactors for relevant microbial enzymes (i.e., respiratory nitrate and nitrite reductases NADH dehydrogenase-2, amine oxidase, etc.), but they become harmful cellular ...
Llorca MG, Martínez-Espinosa RM.
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Genetic identification of acetyl-CoA synthetases involved in acetate activation in Haloferax mediterranei. [PDF]
Appl Environ MicrobiolAcetate/acetyl-CoA interconversion is an interesting metabolic node, primarily catalyzed by a set of various enzymes in prokaryotes. Haloferax mediterranei is a promising haloarchaeaon, capable of utilizing acetate as a sole carbon source for ...
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Haloferax mediterranei R4 for bioremediation of desalination and textile wastes: a step towards their valorisation. [PDF]
Appl Microbiol BiotechnolHaloferax mediterranei has shown strong potential for bioremediating brines contaminated with nitrogenous compounds, oxychlorides, and metals, making it a promising candidate for treating saline wastewater.
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