title: Metagenomics and industrial applications.
abstract: Different industries have different motivations to probe the enormous resource that is uncultivated microbial diversity. Currently, there is a global political drive to promote white (industrial) biotechnology as a central feature of the sustainable economic future of modern industrialized societies. This requires the development of novel enzymes, processes, products and applications. Metagenomics promises to provide new molecules with diverse functions, but ultimately, expression systems are required for any new enzymes and bioactive molecules to become an economic success. This review highlights industrial efforts and achievements in metagenomics.
authors.affiliation: BRAIN AG, Darmstaedterstrasse 34, 64673 Zwingenberg, Germany. pl@brain.biotech.de
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eck
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D044822:Biodiversity; D002384:Catalysis; D017753:Ecosystem; D004798:Enzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D023281:Genomics; D007221:Industry; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes