title: Enzymes From Rare Actinobacterial Strains.
abstract: Actinobacteria constitute rich sources of novel biocatalysts and novel natural products for medical and industrial utilization. Although actinobacteria are potential source of economically important enzymes, the isolation and culturing are somewhat tough because of its extreme habitats. But now-a-days, the rate of discovery of novel compounds producing actinomycetes from soil, freshwater, and marine ecosystem has increased much through the developed culturing and genetic engineering techniques. Actinobacteria are well-known source of their bioactive compounds and they are the promising source of broad range of industrially important enzymes. The bacteria have the capability to degrade a range of pesticides, hydrocarbons, aromatic, and aliphatic compounds (Sambasiva Rao, Tripathy, Mahalaxmi, & Prakasham, 2012). Most of the enzymes are mainly derived from microorganisms because of their easy of growth, minimal nutritional requirements, and low-cost for downstream processing. The focus of this review is about the new, commercially useful enzymes from rare actinobacterial strains. Industrial requirements are now fulfilled by the novel actinobacterial enzymes which assist the effective production. Oxidative enzymes, lignocellulolytic enzymes, extremozymes, and clinically useful enzymes are often utilized in many industrial processes because of their ability to catalyze numerous reactions. Novel, extremophilic, oxidative, lignocellulolytic, and industrially important enzymes from rare Actinobacterial population are discussed in this chapter.
authors: School of Environmental Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Suriya
authors: CAS in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Porto Novo, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Bharathiraja
authors: Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: manimaribtech@gmail.com.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Manivasagan
authors: Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea; Specialized Graduate School Science & Technology Convergence, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: sknkim@pknu.ac.kr.
authors: S-K
authors: SK
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D059001:Aquatic Organisms; D055162:Biocatalysis; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology; D014871:Water Microbiology
keywords: Actinobacteria; Biocatalyst; Extremozymes; Lignocellulolytic enzymes; Oxidative enzymes