Biotechnological applications of extremophiles, extremozymes and extremolytes

Genomic analysis of Brevibacillus thermoruber 423 reveals its biotechnological and industrial potential

(2015) Songul Yasar Yildiz et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Current developments in marine microbiology: high-pressure biotechnology and the genetic engineering of piezophiles

(2015) Yu Zhang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metagenomics of extreme environments

(2015) DA Cowan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Extremophilic polysaccharide nanoparticles for cancer nanotherapy and evaluation of antioxidant properties

(2015) Sreejith Raveendran et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Mannosylglycerate and Di-myo-Inositol Phosphate Have Interchangeable Roles during Adaptation of Pyrococcus furiosus to Heat Stress

(2014) Ana M. Esteves et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Photosynthetic and extracellular production of glucosylglycerol by genetically engineered and gel-encapsulated cyanobacteria

(2014) Xiaoming Tan et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metal resistance in acidophilic microorganisms and its significance for biotechnologies

(2014) Mark Dopson et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Heavy Metal Resistance Strategies of Acidophilic Bacteria and Their Acquisition: Importance for Biomining and Bioremediation

(2014) Claudio A Navarro et al.   BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Biomining—biotechnologies for extracting and recovering metals from ores and waste materials

(2014) D Barrie Johnson   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Extremozymes—biocatalysts with unique properties from extremophilic microorganisms

(2014) Skander Elleuche et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

New Extremophilic Lipases and Esterases from Metagenomics

(2014) Olalla Lopez-Lopez et al.   CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Some like it cold: understanding the survival strategies of psychrophiles

(2014) P. De Maayer et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Improved plant resistance to drought is promoted by the root-associated microbiome as a water stress-dependent trait

(2014) Eleonora Rolli et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Stability of Lysozyme in Aqueous Extremolyte Solutions during Heat Shock and Accelerated Thermal Conditions

(2014) Christina Avanti et al.   PLoS One

Signalling-Dependent Adverse Health Effects of Carbon Nanoparticles Are Prevented by the Compatible Solute Mannosylglycerate (Firoin) In Vitro and In Vivo

(2014) Andrea Autengruber et al.   PLoS One

Proteolysin, a Novel Highly Thermostable and Cosolvent-Compatible Protease from the Thermophilic Bacterium Coprothermobacter proteolyticus

(2013) Ana Toplak et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biosurfactants in agriculture

(2013) Dhara P. Sachdev et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biotechnological applications of halophilic lipases and thioesterases

(2013) Steven D. Schreck et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Inhibition of formation of α-synuclein inclusions by mannosylglycerate in a yeast model of Parkinson's disease

(2013) Cristiana Faria et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Halo-alkalitolerant and thermostable cellulases with improved tolerance to ionic liquids and organic solvents from Paenibacillus tarimensis isolated from the Chott El Fejej, Sahara desert, Tunisia

(2013) Noura Raddadi et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Microorganisms under high pressure — Adaptation, growth and biotechnological potential

(2013) Maria J. Mota et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Cloning, overexpression, purification, and characterization of a polyextremophilic β-galactosidase from the Antarctic haloarchaeon Halorubrum lacusprofundi

(2013) Ram Karan et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Characterization of an organic solvent-tolerant lipase from Idiomarina sp. W33 and its application for biodiesel production using Jatropha oil

(2013) Xin Li et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Characterization of UV-screening compounds, mycosporine-like amino acids, and scytonemin in the cyanobacteriumLyngbyasp. CU2555

(2013) Rajesh P. Rastogi et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Thermostable lipases from extremely radioresistant bacteriumDeinococcus radiodurans: Cloning, expression, and biochemical characterization

(2013) Hua Shao et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Characterization of Copper and Cadmium Resistance Determinants in the Biomining Thermoacidophilic ArchaeonSulfolobus metallicus

(2013) Alvaro Orell et al.   ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Life at high salt concentrations, intracellular KCl concentrations, and acidic proteomes

(2013) Aharon Oren   Frontiers in Microbiology

Characterization of Thermostable Serine Alkaline Protease from an Alkaliphilic Strain Bacillus pumilus MCAS8 and Its Applications

(2012) Renganathan Jayakumar et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Radiation-resistant extremophiles and their potential in biotechnology and therapeutics

(2012) Prashant Gabani et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biosynthesis of nucleoside analogues via thermostable nucleoside phosphorylase

(2012) Shaozhou Zhu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Characterization of three novel thermophilic xylanases from Humicola insolens Y1 with application potentials in the brewing industry

(2012) Yanlong Du et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Improved lignocellulose conversion to biofuels with thermophilic bacteria and thermostable enzymes

(2012) Aditya Bhalla et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

A new bacterial hydrolase specific for the compatible solutes α-d-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)-d-glycerate and α-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-d-glycerate

(2012) Susana Alarico et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Organic solutes in the deepest phylogenetic branches of the Bacteria: identification of α(1–6)glucosyl-α(1–2)glucosylglycerate in Persephonella marina

(2012) Pedro Lamosa et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Contrasted resistance of stone-dwelling Geodermatophilaceae species to stresses known to give rise to reactive oxygen species

(2012) Maher Gtari et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

A Drought Resistance-Promoting Microbiome Is Selected by Root System under Desert Farming

(2012) Ramona Marasco et al.   PLoS One

Novel carbon–carbon bond formations for biocatalysis

(2011) Verena Resch et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Favourable effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on the late step of the cell division in a piezophilic bacterium, Shewanella violacea DSS12, at high-hydrostatic pressures

(2011) Jun Kawamoto et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Temperature and pH optima of extremely halophilic archaea: a mini-review

(2011) Karen J. Bowers et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Extremophiles: radiation resistance microbial reserves and therapeutic implications

(2011) O.V. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Alkaliphilic bacteria: applications in industrial biotechnology

(2011) Indira P. Sarethy et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Potential for industrial products from the halophilic Archaea

(2011) Carol D. Litchfield   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles

(2011) R. Cavicchioli et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Lessons from the genomes of extremely acidophilic bacteria and archaea with special emphasis on bioleaching microorganisms

(2010) Juan Pablo Cárdenas et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Ectoines in cell stress protection: Uses and biotechnological production

(2010) José M. Pastor et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Biocatalysis—key to sustainable industrial chemistry

(2010) Roland Wohlgemuth   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Diversity, biological roles and biosynthetic pathways for sugar-glycerate containing compatible solutes in bacteria and archaea

(2010) Nuno Empadinhas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ionic liquid tolerant hyperthermophilic cellulases for biomass pretreatment and hydrolysis

(2010) Supratim Datta et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

The Role of Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals, and Food Supplements in Intestinal Health

(2010) Avrelija Cencic et al.   Nutrients

Genome mining of mycosporine-like amino acid (MAA) synthesizing and non-synthesizing cyanobacteria: A bioinformatics study

(2009) Shailendra P. Singh et al.   GENOMICS

Gene Expression Patterns Associated with the Biosynthesis of the Sunscreen Scytonemin in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133 in Response to UVA Radiation

(2009) T. Soule et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Prevention of the ultraviolet effects on clinical and histopathological changes, as well as the heat shock protein-70 expression in mouse skin by topical application of algal UV-absorbing compounds

(2009) F. de la Coba et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Inhibition of β-amyloid peptide aggregation and neurotoxicity by α-d-mannosylglycerate, a natural extremolyte

(2008) Jungki Ryu et al.   PEPTIDES

Survival in Nuclear Waste, Extreme Resistance, and Potential Applications Gleaned from the Genome Sequence of Kineococcus radiotolerans SRS30216

(2008) Christopher E. Bagwell et al.   PLoS One