The Variety and Inscrutability of Polar Environments as a Resource of Biotechnologically Relevant Molecules
The application of an ever-increasing number of methodological approaches and tools is positively contributing to the development and yield of bioprospecting procedures. In this context, cold-adapted bacteria from polar environments are becoming more and more intriguing as valuable sources of novel...
| Published in: | Microorganisms |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2020
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7564310/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32947905 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091422 |
| Summary: | The application of an ever-increasing number of methodological approaches and tools is positively contributing to the development and yield of bioprospecting procedures. In this context, cold-adapted bacteria from polar environments are becoming more and more intriguing as valuable sources of novel biomolecules, with peculiar properties to be exploited in a number of biotechnological fields. This review aims at highlighting the biotechnological potentialities of bacteria from Arctic and Antarctic habitats, both biotic and abiotic. In addition to cold-enzymes, which have been intensively analysed, relevance is given to recent advances in the search for less investigated biomolecules, such as biosurfactants, exopolysaccharides and antibiotics. |
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