Biotechnological applications of extremophiles, extremozymes and extremolytes.
In the last decade, attention to extreme environments has increased because of interests to isolate previously unknown extremophilic microorganisms in pure culture and to profile their metabolites. Microorganisms that live in extreme environments produce extremozymes and extremolytes that have the potential to be valuable resources for the development of a bio-based economy through their application to white, red, and grey biotechnologies. Here, we provide an overview of extremophile ecology, and we review the most recent applications of microbial extremophiles and the extremozymes and extremolytes they produce to biotechnology.
Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, via Terracini 28, 40131, Bologna, Italy, noura.raddadi@unibo.it.
Noura
N
Raddadi
Ameur
A
Cherif
Daniele
D
Daffonchio
Mohamed
M
Neifar
Fabio
F
Fava
D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001709:Biotechnology; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D004798:Enzymes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004798:Enzymes