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New thermophilic prokaryotes with hydrolytic activities

Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya A B , Alexander Elcheninov A , Ksenia Zayulina A and Ilya Kublanov A
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A Federal Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

B Tel: +7 499 135 44 58, Email: elizaveta.bo@fbras.ru

Microbiology Australia 39(3) 122-125 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA18038
Published: 7 August 2018

Abstract

Thermophilic microorganisms are capable of growing on polymeric substrates and have been intensively studied for their enzymes, thermostable hydrolases (glycosidases, proteinases, lipases), which have important applications in many fields of bioindustry: production of detergents, food processing, paper and textile industry, biofuel formation from organic wastes, etc.1. The advantages of thermostable enzymes application are in their higher stability not only against temperature, but also against high or low pH, presence of detergents, etc. High temperature increases solubility of substrates2, thus making them more available, and significantly decreases the contamination risks. Many highly stable hydrolases, produced by thermophilic bacteria and archaea have been discovered36; however, due to continuous industrial demand and our knowledge that natural environments are a significant reservoir of genetic and hence functional diversity7, new thermophilic organisms producing hydrolytic enzymes are still of high interest. Here we present our achievements in isolation of novel thermophilic bacteria and archaea with various hydrolytic activities.


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