Psychrophilic lifestyles: mechanisms of adaptation and biotechnological tools

Biomedical applications of microbially engineered polyhydroxyalkanoates: an insight into recent advances, bottlenecks, and solutions

(2019) Akhilesh Kumar Singh et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Microbial ecology of the cryosphere (glacial and permafrost habitats): current knowledge

(2019) Rosa Margesin et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Plant growth-promoting bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens FR1 secrets a novel type of extracellular polyhydroxybutyrate polymerase involved in abiotic stress response in plants

(2018) Margarita Stritzler et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Application of xanthan gum as polysaccharide in tissue engineering: A review

(2018) Anuj Kumar et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Novel role of the LPS core glycosyltransferase WapH for cold adaptation in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudomonas extremaustralis

(2018) Florencia C. Benforte et al.   PLoS One

Going Green and Cold: Biosurfactants from Low-Temperature Environments to Biotechnology Applications

(2018) Amedea Perfumo et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Isolation and characterization of native probiotics for fish farming

(2018) Konrad M. Wanka et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Deciphering the factors defining the pH-dependence of a commercial glycoside hydrolase family 8 enzyme

(2017) Mário Barroca et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Variation with depth of the abundance, diversity and pigmentation of culturable bacteria in a deep ice core from the Yuzhufeng Glacier, Tibetan Plateau

(2017) Liang Shen et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Evaluation of marine psychrophile, Psychrobacter namhaensis SO89, as a probiotic in Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) diets

(2017) Sarah O. Makled et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Lipid membrane modulation and pigmentation: A cryoprotection mechanism in Arctic pigmented bacteria

(2017) Archana Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

Structure and application of antifreeze proteins from Antarctic bacteria

(2017) Patricio A. Muñoz et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Cold-water marine natural products, 2006 to 2016

(2017) Sylvia Soldatou et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials

(2017) I. K. Voets   Soft Matter

Ice-Binding Proteins and Their Function

(2016) Maya Bar Dolev et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

On the Temperature Dependence of Enzyme-Catalyzed Rates

(2016) Vickery L. Arcus et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Mannosylerythritol Lipid-A as a Pour Point Depressant for Enhancing the Low-Temperature Fluidity of Biodiesel and Hydrocarbon Fuels

(2016) Chandraprasad Madihalli et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Proteomic and transcriptomic investigations on cold-responsive properties of the psychrophilic Antarctic bacteriumPsychrobactersp. PAMC 21119 at subzero temperatures

(2016) Hye Yeon Koh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Activity–stability relationships revisited in blue oxidases catalyzing electron transfer at extreme temperatures

(2016) Frédéric Roulling et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Advances in production and simplified methods for recovery and quantification of exopolysaccharides for applications in food and health 1

(2016) Frédéric Leroy et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Putting life on ice: bacteria that bind to frozen water

(2016) Maya Bar Dolev et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Bacterial Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Their Biosynthetic Genes, Functions, and Practical Use

(2016) Kiyohito Yoshida et al.   Marine Drugs

Biosurfactant as a Promoter of Methane Hydrate Formation: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies

(2016) Amit Arora et al.   Scientific Reports

Diversity of Natural Product Biosynthetic Genes in the Microbiome of the Deep Sea Sponges Inflatella pellicula, Poecillastra compressa, and Stelletta normani

(2016) Erik Borchert et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Discovery, Molecular Mechanisms, and Industrial Applications of Cold-Active Enzymes

(2016) Margarita Santiago et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Production Strategies and Applications of Microbial Single Cell Oils

(2016) Katrin Ochsenreither et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Ice-nucleating bacteria control the order and dynamics of interfacial water

(2016) R. Pandey et al.   Science Advances

Determination of Intracellular Vitrification Temperatures for Unicellular Micro Organisms under Conditions Relevant for Cryopreservation

(2016) Fernanda Fonseca et al.   PLoS One

Some like it hot, some like it cold: Temperature dependent biotechnological applications and improvements in extremophilic enzymes

(2015) Khawar Sohail Siddiqui   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Microarray transcriptional profiling of Arctic Mesorhizobium strain N33 at low temperature provides insights into cold adaption strategies

(2015) Abdollah-Fardin Ghobakhlou et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Features of the biotechnologically relevant polyamide family “cyanophycins” and their biosynthesis in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

(2015) Maja Frommeyer et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Functional adaptations of the bacterial chaperone trigger factor to extreme environmental temperatures

(2015) Amandine Godin-Roulling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biodegradation of persistent organic pollutants in soil, water and pristine sites by cold-adapted microorganisms: Mini review

(2015) Swati Bajaj et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Adaptations of protein structure and function to temperature: there is more than one way to 'skin a cat'

(2015) P. A. Fields et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Temperature-Dependence of Lipid A Acyl Structure in Psychrobacter cryohalolentis and Arctic Isolates of Colwellia hornerae and Colwellia piezophila

(2015) Charles Sweet et al.   Marine Drugs

Biosurfactant production by Arctic and Antarctic bacteria growing on hydrocarbons

(2015) Roberta Malavenda et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Correlation of polyunsaturated fatty acids with the cold adaptation ofRhodotorula glutinis

(2015) Jing He et al.   YEAST

Novel Essential Role of Ethanol Oxidation Genes at Low Temperature Revealed by Transcriptome Analysis in the Antarctic Bacterium Pseudomonas extremaustralis

(2015) Paula M. Tribelli et al.   PLoS One

The Diversity of Bacteria Isolated from Antarctic Freshwater Reservoirs Possessing the Ability to Produce Polyhydroxyalkanoates

(2014) Slawomir Ciesielski et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Some like it cold: understanding the survival strategies of psychrophiles

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

Discovery of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (PhaC)-encoding genes from seasonal Baltic Sea ice and cold estuarine waters

(2014) Katariina Pärnänen et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Extensive Gene Acquisition in the Extremely Psychrophilic Bacterial Species Psychroflexus torquis and the Link to Sea-Ice Ecosystem Specialism

(2014) Shi Feng et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Extracellular polymeric substances of bacteria and their potential environmental applications

(2014) T.T. More et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Regulation of gene expression at low temperature: role of cold-inducible promoters

(2014) A. K. Singh et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Aerobic endospore-forming bacteria isolated from Antarctic soils as producers of bioactive compounds of industrial interest

(2014) Renata E. Vollú et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Psychrophiles

(2013) Khawar S. Siddiqui et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Compatible Solute Engineering in Plants for Abiotic Stress Tolerance - Role of Glycine Betaine

(2013) Shabir Hussain Wani et al.   CURRENT GENOMICS

Structural Characterization of the Core Oligosaccharide Isolated from the Lipo­polysaccharide of the Psychrophilic BacteriumColwellia psychrerythraeaStrain 34H

(2013) Sara Carillo et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Bacterial growth at −15 °C; molecular insights from the permafrost bacterium Planococcus halocryophilus Or1

(2013) Nadia C S Mykytczuk et al.   ISME Journal

Overexpression, purification, and enthalpy of unfolding of ferricytochrome c552 from a psychrophilic microorganism

(2013) Victoria F. Oswald et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

Poles Apart: Arctic and Antarctic Octadecabacter strains Share High Genome Plasticity and a New Type of Xanthorhodopsin

(2013) John Vollmers et al.   PLoS One

Life in the Cold: a Proteomic Study of Cold-Repressed Proteins in the Antarctic Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125

(2011) Florence Piette et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Metagenomic Analysis of Stress Genes in Microbial Mat Communities from Antarctica and the High Arctic

(2011) Thibault Varin et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structural Investigation and Biological Activity of the Lipooligosaccharide from the Psychrophilic Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAB 23

(2011) Sara Carillo et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Functional genomics of  the initial phase of cold adaptation of Pseudomonas putida KT2440

(2011) Sarah Frank et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Polyhydroxyalkanoate production by antarctic soil bacteria isolated from Casey Station and Signy Island

(2011) Yuh Shan Goh et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Highly Anomalous Energetics of Protein Cold Denaturation Linked to Folding-Unfolding Kinetics

(2011) M. Luisa Romero-Romero et al.   PLoS One

Exopolymer alteration of physical properties of sea ice and implications for ice habitability and biogeochemistry in a warmer Arctic

(2011) Christopher Krembs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Genome Sequence of Psychrobacter arcticus 273-4, a Psychroactive Siberian Permafrost Bacterium, Reveals Mechanisms for Adaptation to Low-Temperature Growth

(2010) H. L. Ayala-del-Rio et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effect of dietary administration of Psychrobacter sp. on the growth, feed utilization, digestive enzymes and immune responses of grouper Epinephelus coioides

(2010) Y.-Z. SUN et al.   AQUACULTURE NUTRITION

Carotenoid Pigmentation in Antarctic Heterotrophic Bacteria as a Strategy to Withstand Environmental Stresses

(2010) Markus Dieser et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Biosurfactant Production by Halotolerant Rhodococcus fascians from Casey Station, Wilkes Land, Antarctica

(2010) Victoria Gesheva et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Cold adaptation in the marine bacterium, Sphingopyxis alaskensis, assessed using quantitative proteomics

(2010) Lily Ting et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity and distribution of microbial long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic genes in the marine environment

(2010) Christine N. Shulse et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Production of cryoprotectant extracellular polysaccharide substances (EPS) by the marine psychrophilic bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea strain 34H under extreme conditionsThis article is one of a selection of papers in the Special Issue on Polar and Alpine Microbiology.

(2009) Joseph G. Marx et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

A microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) based bio- and materials industry

(2009) Guo-Qiang Chen   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Pseudomonas extremaustralis sp. nov., a Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Producer Isolated from an Antarctic Environment

(2009) Nancy I. López et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Architecture of thermal adaptation in an Exiguobacterium sibiricum strain isolated from 3 million year old permafrost: A genome and transcriptome approach

(2008) Debora F Rodrigues et al.   BMC GENOMICS

A bacterial ice-binding protein from the Vostok ice core

(2008) James A. Raymond et al.   EXTREMOPHILES