Extremophiles: a potential source of extremozymes
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Abstract
Extremophilic microorganisms have established several strategies in order to survive in extreme conditions and keep their cellular functions stable and active. Biocatalysts from extremophiles are termed as extremozymes. These show extraordinary properties of thermostability, salt tolerance, cold adaptation, heavy metal tolerance, and so on. Various extremozymes like thermophilic, piezophilic, acidophilic, and psychrophilic proteins have been studied. Their immense tolerance properties in harsh environmental conditions make them eligible to play significant roles in industries. In this study, we tried to enlighten the properties and adaptive strategies of extremophiles and their enzymes (extremozymes) accompanied by industrial applications. For example, applications of amylase, protease, alcohol dehydrogenase, glutaminase, lipase, and so on have been enlisted in this work. The adaptive nature of several extremophiles, how extremozymes maintain their stability and specificity, and how they work in harsh conditions are such amazing facts that need more investigations and can be a new line of research with great importance in biotechnology and economy.
Abstract
Extremophilic microorganisms have established several strategies in order to survive in extreme conditions and keep their cellular functions stable and active. Biocatalysts from extremophiles are termed as extremozymes. These show extraordinary properties of thermostability, salt tolerance, cold adaptation, heavy metal tolerance, and so on. Various extremozymes like thermophilic, piezophilic, acidophilic, and psychrophilic proteins have been studied. Their immense tolerance properties in harsh environmental conditions make them eligible to play significant roles in industries. In this study, we tried to enlighten the properties and adaptive strategies of extremophiles and their enzymes (extremozymes) accompanied by industrial applications. For example, applications of amylase, protease, alcohol dehydrogenase, glutaminase, lipase, and so on have been enlisted in this work. The adaptive nature of several extremophiles, how extremozymes maintain their stability and specificity, and how they work in harsh conditions are such amazing facts that need more investigations and can be a new line of research with great importance in biotechnology and economy.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- List of contributing authors V
- Contents XIII
- Acidophilic microbial communities: remediating acid mine drainage waters 1
- The extremophiles indigenous to acid mines 23
- Halophiles: properties, adaptations, diversity, and applications 43
- Deep-sea extremophiles and their diversity in the Indian Ocean 65
- Extremozymes: exclusive outlook toward the white biotechnology 95
- Extremophiles: a potential source of extremozymes 113
- Prospects of biofuels, biofertilizers, and therapeutics from extremophiles 131
- Extremophilic pigments in eukaryotic microbes: a tool for survivability 149
- Bioactive compounds from extremophilic bacteria 171
- Psychrophiles survival strategies: insights into the comprehensive adaptive behavioral approaches in cold-habituated bacteria 197
- Extremophiles to polyextremophiles: survival of the fittest 221
- An overview of extremophiles as microbial armament for bioremediation 245
- Biotechnological applications extremophiles: the golden epoch ahead 269
- Potential of extremophiles: a review of current research in nanoparticle synthesis 289
- Cyanobacteria in nanotechnology 315
- Use of extremophiles in nanotechnology 339
- Contribution of cyanobacteria and microalgae as extremophiles in the field of biotechnology 365
- Exploring the potential extremophilic microbes for bioremediation 383
- Index 407
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- List of contributing authors V
- Contents XIII
- Acidophilic microbial communities: remediating acid mine drainage waters 1
- The extremophiles indigenous to acid mines 23
- Halophiles: properties, adaptations, diversity, and applications 43
- Deep-sea extremophiles and their diversity in the Indian Ocean 65
- Extremozymes: exclusive outlook toward the white biotechnology 95
- Extremophiles: a potential source of extremozymes 113
- Prospects of biofuels, biofertilizers, and therapeutics from extremophiles 131
- Extremophilic pigments in eukaryotic microbes: a tool for survivability 149
- Bioactive compounds from extremophilic bacteria 171
- Psychrophiles survival strategies: insights into the comprehensive adaptive behavioral approaches in cold-habituated bacteria 197
- Extremophiles to polyextremophiles: survival of the fittest 221
- An overview of extremophiles as microbial armament for bioremediation 245
- Biotechnological applications extremophiles: the golden epoch ahead 269
- Potential of extremophiles: a review of current research in nanoparticle synthesis 289
- Cyanobacteria in nanotechnology 315
- Use of extremophiles in nanotechnology 339
- Contribution of cyanobacteria and microalgae as extremophiles in the field of biotechnology 365
- Exploring the potential extremophilic microbes for bioremediation 383
- Index 407
