Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles

The bulk of the Earth's biosphere is cold (e.g. 90% of the ocean's waters are ≤ 5°C), sustaining a broad diversity of microbial life. The permanently cold environments vary from the deep ocean to alpine reaches and to polar regions. Commensurate with the extent and diversity of the ecosyst...

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Main Authors:	Cavicchioli, R, Charlton, T, Ertan, H, Mohd Omar, Suhaila, Siddiqui, K S, Williams, T J
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Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc. 2011
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spelling	iium-132612016-02-22T08:37:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/13261/ Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles Cavicchioli, R Charlton, T Ertan, H Mohd Omar, Suhaila Siddiqui, K S Williams, T J Q Science (General) The bulk of the Earth's biosphere is cold (e.g. 90% of the ocean's waters are ≤ 5°C), sustaining a broad diversity of microbial life. The permanently cold environments vary from the deep ocean to alpine reaches and to polar regions. Commensurate with the extent and diversity of the ecosystems that harbour psychrophilic life, the functional capacity of the microorganisms that inhabitat the cold biosphere are equally diverse. As a result, indigenous psychrophilic microorganisms provide an enormous natural resource of enzymes that function effectively in the cold, and these cold-adapted enzymes have been targeted for their biotechnological potential. In this review we describe the main properties of enzymes from psychrophiles and describe some of their known biotechnological applications and ways to potentially improve their value for biotechnology. The review also covers the use of metagenomics for enzyme screening, the development of psychrophilic gene expression systems and the use of enzymes for cleaning. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc. 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13261/1/Biotechnological_uses_of_enzymes_from_psychrophiles.pdf Cavicchioli, R and Charlton, T and Ertan, H and Mohd Omar, Suhaila and Siddiqui, K S and Williams, T J (2011) Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles. Microbial biotechnology, 4 (4). pp. 449-460. ISSN 1751-7907(P), 1751-7915 (O) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00258.x/abstract 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00258.x
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spellingShingle	Q Science (General) Cavicchioli, R Charlton, T Ertan, H Mohd Omar, Suhaila Siddiqui, K S Williams, T J Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles
description	The bulk of the Earth's biosphere is cold (e.g. 90% of the ocean's waters are ≤ 5°C), sustaining a broad diversity of microbial life. The permanently cold environments vary from the deep ocean to alpine reaches and to polar regions. Commensurate with the extent and diversity of the ecosystems that harbour psychrophilic life, the functional capacity of the microorganisms that inhabitat the cold biosphere are equally diverse. As a result, indigenous psychrophilic microorganisms provide an enormous natural resource of enzymes that function effectively in the cold, and these cold-adapted enzymes have been targeted for their biotechnological potential. In this review we describe the main properties of enzymes from psychrophiles and describe some of their known biotechnological applications and ways to potentially improve their value for biotechnology. The review also covers the use of metagenomics for enzyme screening, the development of psychrophilic gene expression systems and the use of enzymes for cleaning.
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author	Cavicchioli, R Charlton, T Ertan, H Mohd Omar, Suhaila Siddiqui, K S Williams, T J
author_facet	Cavicchioli, R Charlton, T Ertan, H Mohd Omar, Suhaila Siddiqui, K S Williams, T J
author_sort	Cavicchioli, R
title	Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles
title_short	Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles
title_full	Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles
title_fullStr	Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles
title_full_unstemmed	Biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles
title_sort	biotechnological uses of enzymes from psychrophiles
publisher	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/13261/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13261/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13261/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/13261/1/Biotechnological_uses_of_enzymes_from_psychrophiles.pdf
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