1. Thermophiles in the genomic era: Biodiversity, science, and applications
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M. Sofía Urbieta, Saleha Shahar, Lee Li Sin, Kian Mau Goh, Edgardo Ruben Donati, and Kok-Gan Chan
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Hot Temperature ,Archaeal Proteins ,Bioengineering ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Ciencias Biológicas ,Industrial Microbiology ,Bacterial Proteins ,Crenarchaeota ,THERMOPHILES ,Hot spring ,APPLICATIONS ,biology ,Bacteria ,Ecology ,Thermophile ,Ecología ,biology.organism_classification ,Archaea ,Hyperthermophile ,Enzymes ,EXTREMOPHILES ,Biodegradation, Environmental ,Metagenomics ,Aquificae ,Biofuels ,Thermotogae ,Sulfolobus solfataricus ,Metagenome ,BIODIVERSITY ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Thermophiles and hyperthermophiles are present in various regions of the Earth, including volcanic environments, hot springs, mud pots, fumaroles, geysers, coastal thermal springs, and even deep-sea hydrothermal vents. They are also found in man-made environments, such as heated compost facilities, reactors, and spray dryers. Thermophiles, hyperthermophiles, and their bioproducts facilitate various industrial, agricultural, and medicinal applications and offer potential solutions to environmental damages and the demand for biofuels. Intensified efforts to sequence the entire genome of hyperthermophiles and thermophiles are increasing rapidly, as evidenced by the fact that over 120 complete genome sequences of the hyperthermophiles Aquificae, Thermotogae, Crenarchaeota, and Euryarchaeota are now available. In this review, we summarise the major current applications of thermophiles and thermozymes. In addition, emphasis is placed on recent progress in understanding the biodiversity, genomes, transcriptomes, metagenomes, and single-cell sequencing of thermophiles in the genomic era. Fil: Urbieta, María Sofía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - la Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo En Fermentaciones Industriales. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo En Fermentaciones Industriales; Argentina Fil: Donati, Edgardo Ruben. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - la Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo En Fermentaciones Industriales. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Cs.exactas. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo En Fermentaciones Industriales; Argentina Fil: Chan, Kok Gan. University of Malaya; Malasia Fil: Shahar, Saleha. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Malasia Fil: Sin, Lee Li. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Malasia Fil: Goh, Kian Mau. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Malasia
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- 2014