Biocatalysis is crucial for a green, sustainable, biobased economy, and this has driven major
advances in biotechnology and biocatalysis over the past 2 decades. There are numerous …

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 …

Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic element due to its high affinity for protein sulfhydryl groups,
which upon binding, can destabilize protein structure and decrease enzyme activity …

The deep sea, which is defined as sea water below a depth of 1000 m, is one of the largest
biomes on the Earth, and is recognised as an extreme environment due to its range of …

Use of culture-independent studies have greatly increased our understanding of the
microbiology of hypersaline lakes (the Dead Sea, Great Salt Lake) and saltern ponds in …

Extremophiles are remarkable organisms that thrive in the harshest environments on Earth,
such as hydrothermal vents, hypersaline lakes and pools, alkaline soda lakes, deserts, cold …

The harmful impact of xenobiotics on the environment and human health is being more
widely recognized; yet, inter-and intraindividual genetic variations among humans modulate …

Heavy metals are dense chemicals with dual biological role as micronutrients and
intoxicants. A few hypersaline environmental systems are naturally enriched with heavy …

Extremophiles are organisms that can survive and thrive in conditions termed as “extreme”
by human beings. Conventional methods cannot be applied under extreme conditions like …

The enormous potential in diversity of the marine life is still not fully exploited due to the
difficulty in culturing many of the microorganisms under laboratory conditions. In this mini …