Cold and Hot Extremozymes: Industrial Relevance and Current Trends
- F. Sarmiento, R. Peralta, J. Blamey
- Engineering, BiologyFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- 20 October 2015
The adaptations and significance of psychrophilic, thermophilic, and hyperthermophilic enzymes, and their applications in selected industrial markets will be reviewed.
Biotechnological applications of archaeal enzymes from extreme environments
- M. Cabrera, J. Blamey
- Biology, EngineeringBiological Research
- 5 October 2018
This review summarizes current knowledge of archaeal enzymes with biotechnological applications, including two extremozymes from Antarctic archaea with potential industrial use, which are being studied in the laboratory.
Prokaryotic diversity pattern in high-altitude ecosystems of the Chilean Altiplano
- C. Demergasso, C. Dorador, G. Chong
- Environmental Science
- 1 June 2010
[1] The Chilean Altiplano is the westernmost part of a large volcanic-sedimentary plateau in the central Andes. High solar irradiance and rapid increase of temperature have contributed to make it a…
The hyperthermophilic glycolytic enzyme enolase in the archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus: comparison with mesophilic enolases.
- M. Peak, J. G. Peak, M. Adams
- BiologyArchives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- 1 September 1994
High enolase activity, as measured by the conversion of 2-phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate, was found in the cytoplasm of Pyrococcus furiosus (an anaerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon that…
Gold nanoparticles synthesized by Geobacillus sp. strain ID17 a thermophilic bacterium isolated from Deception Island, Antarctica
- Daniela N. Correa-Llantén, Sebastián A. Muñoz-Ibacache, Miguel Castro, P. A. Muñoz, J. Blamey
- Biology, ChemistryMicrobial Cell Factories
- 6 August 2013
The results strongly suggest that the biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles by ID17 is mediated by enzymes and NADH as a cofactor for this biological transformation.
Thermophiles and the applications of their enzymes as new biocatalysts.
- J. Atalah, Paulina Cáceres-Moreno, G. Espina, J. Blamey
- Biology, EngineeringBioresource Technology
- 1 May 2019
Nanoarchaeal 16S rRNA gene sequences are widely dispersed in hyperthermophilic and mesophilic halophilic environments
- A. Casanueva, Ncebakazi Galada, D. Cowan
- BiologyExtremophiles
- 14 June 2008
The results suggest that nanoarchaeotes are not strictly hyperthermophilic organisms, are not restricted to hyperthernophilic hosts and may be found in a large range of environmental conditions.
A thermophilic microorganism from Deception Island, Antarctica with a thermostable glutamate dehydrogenase activity
- Patricio A. Flores, Daniela N. Correa-Llantén, J. Blamey
- BiologyBiological Research
- 1 December 2018
This is the first report of a microorganism from Antarctica containing a thermostable glutamate dehydrogenase that maintains its activity in a broad range of temperatures making it of potential interest for biotechnological applications.
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