title: Thermophilic and alkaliphilic Actinobacteria: biology and potential applications.
abstract: Microbes belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria are prolific sources of antibiotics, clinically useful bioactive compounds and industrially important enzymes. The focus of the current review is on the diversity and potential applications of thermophilic and alkaliphilic actinobacteria, which are highly diverse in their taxonomy and morphology with a variety of adaptations for surviving and thriving in hostile environments. The specific metabolic pathways in these actinobacteria are activated for elaborating pharmaceutically, agriculturally, and biotechnologically relevant biomolecules/bioactive compounds, which find multifarious applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shivlata
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Tulasi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satyanarayana
keywords: Actinobacteria; alkaliphiles; bioactive compounds; enzymes; polyextremophiles; thermophiles