Current developments on polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis by using halophiles as a promising cell factory

R Mitra, T Xu, H Xiang, J Han - Microbial Cell Factories, 2020 - Springer
Plastic pollution is a severe threat to our environment which necessitates implementation of
bioplastics to realize sustainable development for a green world. Polyhydroxyalkanoates …

Going green and cold: biosurfactants from low-temperature environments to biotechnology applications

A Perfumo, IM Banat, R Marchant - Trends in biotechnology, 2018 - cell.com
Approximately 80% of the Earth's biosphere is cold, at an average temperature of 5° C, and
is populated by a diversity of microorganisms that are a precious source of molecules with …

Unexpected host dependency of Antarctic Nanohaloarchaeota

JN Hamm, S Erdmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
In hypersaline environments, Nanohaloarchaeota (Diapherotrites, Parvarchaeota,
Aenigmarchaeota, Nanoarchaeota, Nanohaloarchaeota [DPANN] superphylum) are thought …

All living cells are cognitive

JA Shapiro - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
All living cells sense and respond to changes in external or internal conditions. Without that
cognitive capacity, they could not obtain nutrition essential for growth, survive inevitable …

Water is a preservative of microbes

JE Hallsworth - Microbial Biotechnology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water is the cellular milieu, drives all biochemistry within Earth's biosphere and facilitates
microbe‐mediated decay processes. Instead of reviewing these topics, the current article …

Haloarchaea as cell factories to produce bioplastics

L Simó-Cabrera, S García-Chumillas, N Hagagy… - Marine drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plastic pollution is a worldwide concern causing the death of animals (mainly aquatic fauna)
and environmental deterioration. Plastic recycling is, in most cases, difficult or even …

Can heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) serve as biomarkers in Antarctica for future ocean acidification, warming and salinity stress?

NA Yusof, M Masnoddin, J Charles, YQ Thien… - Polar Biology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. Elevated sea
water temperatures cause glacier and sea ice melting. When icebergs melt into the ocean, it …

Improving the genetic system for Halorubrum lacusprofundi to allow in-frame deletions

LJ Gebhard, IG Duggin, S Erdmann - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Halorubrum lacusprofundi is a cold-adapted halophilic archaeon isolated from Deep Lake,
Antarctica. Hrr. lacusprofundi is commonly used to study adaptation to cold environments …

Relevance of earth-bound extremophiles in the search for extraterrestrial life

L Carré, G Zaccai, X Delfosse, E Girard, B Franzetti - Astrobiology, 2022 - liebertpub.com
The recent discovery of extrasolar Earth-like planets that orbit in their habitable zone of their
system, and the latest clues of the presence of liquid water in the subsurface of Mars and in …

Overview of extremophiles and their food and medical applications

JA Irwin - Physiological and biotechnological aspects of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Extremophiles occupy habitats characterized by extremes of temperature, pH, salinity,
hydrostatic pressure, ionizing radiation, dessication and high concentrations of metals. Most …