Utilizing Antarctic Metagenomic Resources for the Identification of Hydrolases

• Main Author: Mohd Omar, Suhaila
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UNSW, Sydney 2014
• Subjects: Hydrolase; Metagenomics; Antarctic; Ace Lake; Organic Lake; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/53553; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/bitstreams/0480a36c-8e08-4d5f-97e2-607fb3c74cac/download; https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/16866

Permanently cold environments are populated by a diversity of microorganisms that possess cold-adapted enzymes with potential biotechnological applications. Advances in molecular techniques have enabled bioprospecting of novel enzymes from extreme environments without tedious cultivation efforts. Cl...