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Xylanolytic enzymes from fungi and bacteria.
- A. Sunna, G. Antranikian
- Biology, Medicine
- Critical reviews in biotechnology
- 1997
The development of new analytical techniques and the commercial availability of new substrates have led to the purification and characterization of a large number of xylan-degrading enzymes.… Expand
Keratin Degradation by Fervidobacterium pennavorans, a Novel Thermophilic Anaerobic Species of the Order Thermotogales.
- A. Friedrich, G. Antranikian
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and environmental microbiology
- 1 August 1996
From a hot spring of the Azores islands a novel thermophilic bacterium belonging to the Thermotogales order was isolated. This strain, which grows optimally at 70(deg)C and pH 6.5, is the first known… Expand
Starch-hydrolyzing enzymes from thermophilic archaea and bacteria.
- C. Bertoldo, G. Antranikian
- Biology, Medicine
- Current opinion in chemical biology
- 1 April 2002
Extremophlic microorganisms have developed a variety of molecular strategies in order to survive in harsh conditions. For the utilization of natural polymeric substrates such as starch, a number of… Expand
Alicyclobacillus hesperidum sp. nov. and a related genomic species from solfataric soils of São Miguel in the Azores.
- L. Albuquerque, F. Rainey, +5 authors M. D. da Costa
- Biology, Medicine
- International journal of systematic and…
- 1 March 2000
Several acidophilic, slightly thermophilic or thermophilic Gram-positive isolates were recovered from solfataric soil at Furnas on the Island of São Miguel in the Azores. Phylogenetic analysis of the… Expand
Purification and properties of an enantioselective and thermoactive amidase from the thermophilic actinomycete Pseudonocardia thermophila
- K. Egorova, H. Trauthwein, S. Verseck, G. Antranikian
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- 21 April 2004
A constitutively expressed thermoactive amidase from the thermophilic actinomycete Pseudonocardia thermophila was purified to homogeneity by applying hydrophobic interaction, anion exchange and gel… Expand
Naphthalene Degradation and Incorporation of Naphthalene-Derived Carbon into Biomass by the ThermophileBacillus thermoleovorans
- E. Annweiler, H. H. Richnow, +5 authors W. Michaelis
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 February 2000
ABSTRACT The thermophilic aerobic bacterium Bacillus thermoleovorans Hamburg 2 grows at 60°C on naphthalene as the sole source of carbon and energy. In batch cultures, an effective substrate… Expand
Enzymatic production of cyclodextrins
- A. Biwer, G. Antranikian, E. Heinzle
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- 16 July 2002
Abstract.
Cyclodextrins (CD) are enzymatically modified starches with a wide range of applications in food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, agriculture and environmental engineering. They are… Expand
Degradation of crude oil by an arctic microbial consortium
- U. Deppe, Hans-Hermann Richnow, W. Michaelis, G. Antranikian
- Biology, Medicine
- Extremophiles
- 6 July 2005
The ability of a psychrotolerant microbial consortium to degrade crude oil at low temperatures was investigated. The enriched arctic microbial community was also tested for its ability to utilize… Expand
Industrial relevance of thermophilic Archaea.
- K. Egorova, G. Antranikian
- Biology, Medicine
- Current opinion in microbiology
- 1 December 2005
The dramatic increase of newly isolated extremophilic microorganisms, analysis of their genomes and investigations of their enzymes by academic and industrial laboratories demonstrate the great… Expand
Fermentation of extremophilic microorganisms
- M. Krahe, G. Antranikian, H. Maerkl
- Biology
- 1 May 1996
Abstract The cultivation of the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus , the thermoacidophile Sulfolobus shibatae and the halophile Marinococcus M52 in dialysis membrane reactors resulted in cell… Expand