Extremophilic adaptations and biotechnological applications in diverse environments
Extremophiles are organisms that tolerate and thrive in the most extreme and challenging conditions to life. As a result of these extreme environmental insults extremophiles have developed a number of interesting adaptations to cellular membranes, proteins and extracellular metabolites. These unique...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIMS Press
2016-07-01
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| Series: | AIMS Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aimspress.com/microbiology/article/897/fulltext.html |
| Summary: | Extremophiles are organisms that tolerate and thrive in the most extreme and challenging conditions to life. As a result of these extreme environmental insults extremophiles have developed a number of interesting adaptations to cellular membranes, proteins and extracellular metabolites. These uniquely adapted biological molecules and systems already have roles in a number of biotechnological fields. In this review we give a brief overview of a number of different extreme environments and the potential for biotechnological innovation from the microbes which inhabit them. |
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| ISSN: | 2471-1888 |