Metagenomics: novel enzymes from non-culturable microbes

F Berini, C Casciello, GL Marcone… - FEMS microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
In the transition to the post-petroleum economy, there is a growing demand for novel
enzymes with high process performances to replace traditional chemistry with a more …

Metagenomic applications in microbial diversity, bioremediation, pollution monitoring, enzyme and drug discovery. A review

S Datta, KN Rajnish, MS Samuel… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Metagenomics is a technology employed to study genetic material directly isolated from
environmental samples. Metagenomics thus reveals knowledge on microbial communities of …

Lignocellulolytic systems of soil bacteria: a vast and diverse toolbox for biotechnological conversion processes

R López-Mondéjar, C Algora, P Baldrian - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose from plant biomass represents an abundant and renewable source for the
production of environmentally friendly chemicals and biofuels. However, its recalcitrant …

Metagenomics of thermophiles with a focus on discovery of novel thermozymes

ME DeCastro, E Rodríguez-Belmonte… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Microbial populations living in environments with temperatures above 50° C (thermophiles)
have been widely studied, increasing our knowledge in the composition and function of …

Construction of effective minimal active microbial consortia for lignocellulose degradation

PE Puentes-Téllez, J Falcao Salles - Microbial ecology, 2018 - Springer
Enriched microbial communities, obtained from environmental samples through selective
processes, can effectively contribute to lignocellulose degradation. Unfortunately, fully …

Prospects of advanced metagenomics and meta-omics in the investigation of phytomicrobiome to forecast beneficial and pathogenic response

AK Wani, N Akhtar, R Singh, C Chopra… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Microorganisms dwell in diverse plant niches as non-axenic biotic components that are
beneficial as well pathogenic for the host. They improve nutrients-uptake, stress tolerance …

Enabling tools for high-throughput detection of metabolites: metabolic engineering and directed evolution applications

JL Lin, JM Wagner, HS Alper - Biotechnology advances, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Within the Design-Build-Test Cycle for strain engineering, rapid product detection
and selection strategies remain challenging and limit overall throughput. Here we …

Towards a sustainable biobased industry–highlighting the impact of extremophiles

A Krüger, C Schäfers, C Schröder, G Antranikian - New Biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
The transition of the oil-based economy towards a sustainable economy completely relying
on biomass as renewable feedstock requires the concerted action of academia, industry …

Bioprospecting of functional cellulases from metagenome for second generation biofuel production: a review

R Tiwari, L Nain, NE Labrou… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Second generation biofuel production has been appeared as a sustainable and alternative
energy option. The ultimate aim is the development of an industrially feasible and economic …

A novel thermostable cellulase cocktail enhances lignocellulosic bioconversion and biorefining in a broad range of pH

M Maleki, MF Shahraki, K Kavousi… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose is the most abundant biomass in nature, and the effective biorefining of them
is dependent upon enzymes with high catalytic activity and stability in extreme pH and high …