Psychrophilic enzymes: hot topics in cold adaptation

G Feller, C Gerday - Nature reviews microbiology, 2003 - nature.com
More than three-quarters of the Earth's surface is occupied by cold ecosystems, including
the ocean depths, and polar and alpine regions. These permanently cold environments …

Psychrophilic enzymes: from folding to function and biotechnology

G Feller - Scientifica, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Psychrophiles thriving permanently at near‐zero temperatures synthesize cold‐active
enzymes to sustain their cell cycle. Genome sequences, proteomic, and transcriptomic …

The predominance of psychrotrophic pseudomonads on aerobically stored chilled red meat

NN Wickramasinghe, J Ravensdale… - … Reviews in Food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial spoilage of meat during chilled aerobic storage causes significant financial losses
to the industry. Even with modern day preservation techniques, spoilage remains an …

Psychrophilic enzymes: molecular basis of cold adaptation

G Feller, C Gerday - Cellular and molecular life sciences CMLS, 1997 - Springer
Psychrophilic organisms have successfully colonized polar and alpine regions and are able
to grow efficiently at sub-zero temperatures. At the enzymatic level, such organisms have to …

Cold shock and adaptation

HA Thieringer, PG Jones, M Inouye - Bioessays, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptation to environmental stresses, such as temperature fluctuation, is essential for the
survival of all living organisms. Cellular responses in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes to …

Enzymes from psychrophilic organisms

G Feller, E Narinx, JL Arpigny, M Aittaleb… - FEMS microbiology …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Psychrophilic organisms such as micro-organisms and other ectothermic species living in
polar, deep-sea or any constantly low temperature environments, produce enzymes adapted …

Consequences of packaging on bacterial growth. Meat is an ecological niche

J Labadie - Meat Science, 1999 - Elsevier
Meat is a good support for bacterial growth and particularly for bacteria which are specific of
meat and meat products. Little is known about the physiological and biochemical factors …

Some like it cold: response of microorganisms to cold shock

P Graumann, MA Marahiel - Archives of Microbiology, 1996 - Springer
Bacteria respond to an abrupt decrease in temperature with a specific response, in which
cold-induced proteins (CIPs) are transiently expressed at a higher level. Employing two …

Recommendations for calculating growth parameters by optical density measurements

C Begot, I Desnier, JD Daudin, JC Labadie… - Journal of Microbiological …, 1996 - Elsevier
An automated turbidimetric system, Bioscreen C, was used to monitor bacterial growth in
microplates. The detection threshold and linear range of the instrument were determined …

Bacterial cold shock responses

MHW Weber, MA Marahiel - Science progress, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
As a measure for molecular motion, temperature is one of the most important environmental
factors for life as it directly influences structural and hence functional properties of cellular …