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Discovery, Molecular Mechanisms and Industrial Applications of Cold-Active Enzymes
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Cold-active enzymes constitute an attractive resource for biotechnological applications. Their high catalytic activity at temperatures below 25 ºC makes them excellent biocatalysts that eliminate the need of heating processes hampering the quality ...
Margarita Santiago +4 more
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Influence of Plant Species and De‐Icing Salt on Microbial Communities in Bioretention
Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 17, Issue 5, October 2025.Plant species shape bioretention bacterial and fungal communities and their associated functions, which drive system efficiency. These results underscore the importance of plant selection when designing bioretention systems. Moreover, the communities were preserved or recovered within 5 months after the exposure to NaCl levels typical of spring runoff.
Henry Beral +4 more
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Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 17, Issue 5, October 2025.Cold‐adapted Rhodococcus sp. strain R1B_2T from Arctic Tupirvik Beach (Northwest Passage) degrades short‐ to long‐chain hydrocarbons in summer seawater (−1°C to 5°C) via a synergistic activity of key hydrocarbon degradation genes (alkB, CYP153, almA, and ladA), with rhlABCR‐linked rhamnolipid production supporting biodegradation.
Nastasia J. Freyria +4 more
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Environmental Microbiology, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2025.Sulphate‐reducing bacteria affiliated with clades SCA1, SCA2, and LCA2 were investigated using stable‐isotope incubations and in situ analysis at several hydrocarbon seep sites. Extrapolated rates of sulphate reduction and alkane degradation suggest that these clades play an important role at hydrocarbon seeps, contributing substantially to sulphur and
Sara Kleindienst +4 more
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Psychrophiles to control ice-water phase changes in frost-susceptible soils. [PDF]
Sci RepThe phase changes of soil water or porous media have a crucial influence on the performance of natural and man-made infrastructures in cold regions. While various methods have been explored to address the impacts of frost-action arising from these phase ...
Rahman R +3 more
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Cold-Adapted Fungi: Goldmine of Biomolecules Applicable in Industry
Applied SciencesFungi, which are widely distributed across the Earth, have successfully managed to colonize cold environments (e.g., polar regions, alpine ecosystems, and glaciers) despite the challenging conditions for life.
Iga Jodłowska, Aneta Monika Białkowska
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Computer simulations explain the anomalous temperature optimum in a cold-adapted enzyme
Nature Communications, 2020 Enzymes from organisms inhabiting cold environments (psychrophiles) have adapted to catalyzing chemical reactions at near freezing temperatures. Here – using molecular dynamics simulations – the authors analyze cold adaptation of psychrophilic α-amylase ...
Jaka Sočan, Miha Purg, Johan Åqvist
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Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2019 Nieves penitentes are pinnacle-shaped ice structures found at high elevations in the dry Andes. Here we report, using molecular and microscopic approaches, the first description of snow algae communities inhabiting penitente ice at 5,277 m a.s.l ...
Lara Vimercati +7 more
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Extremophiles and their application to veterinary medicine
Irish Veterinary Journal, 2004 Extremophiles are organisms that can grow and thrive in harsh conditions, e.g., extremes of temperature, pH, salinity, radiation, pressure and oxygen tension. Thermophilic, halophilic and radiation-resistant organisms are all microbes, some of which are
Irwin Jane A, Baird Alan W
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