Extremely thermophilic microorganisms as metabolic engineering platforms for production of fuels and industrial chemicals

BM Zeldes, MW Keller, AJ Loder, CT Straub… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Enzymes from extremely thermophilic microorganisms have been of technological interest
for some time because of their ability to catalyze reactions of industrial significance at …

Thermus thermophilus as biological model

F Cava, A Hidalgo, J Berenguer - Extremophiles, 2009 - Springer
Thermus spp is one of the most wide spread genuses of thermophilic bacteria, with isolates
found in natural as well as in man-made thermal environments. The high growth rates, cell …

Physiological, metabolic and biotechnological features of extremely thermophilic microorganisms

JA Counts, BM Zeldes, LL Lee… - … Systems Biology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The current upper thermal limit for life as we know it is approximately 120° C.
Microorganisms that grow optimally at temperatures of 75° C and above are usually referred …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring research frontiers in microbiology: recent advances in halophilic and thermophilic extremophiles

B Averhoff, V Müller - Research in microbiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Extremophilic prokaryotes inhabit ecosystems that are, from a human perspective, extreme,
and life in these environments requires far-reaching cellular adaptations. Here, we will …

A temperature dependent pilin promoter for production of thermostable enzymes in Thermus thermophilus

L Kirchner, V Müller, B Averhoff - Microbial Cell Factories, 2023 - Springer
Background Enzymes from thermophiles are of great interest for research and
bioengineering due to their stability and efficiency. Thermophilic expression hosts such as …

Thermus thermophilus as source of thermozymes for biotechnological applications: homologous expression and biochemical characterization of an α-galactosidase

M Aulitto, S Fusco, G Fiorentino, D Limauro… - Microbial cell …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The genus Thermus, which has been considered for a long time as a
fruitful source of biotechnological relevant enzymes, has emerged more recently as suitable …

Galactomannan degradation by thermophilic enzymes: a hot topic for biotechnological applications

M Aulitto, S Fusco, D Limauro, G Fiorentino… - World Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Extremophilic microorganisms are valuable sources of enzymes for various industrial
applications. In fact, given their optimal catalytic activity and operational stability under harsh …

Polysaccharide-degrading thermophiles generated by heterologous gene expression in Geobacillus kaustophilus HTA426

H Suzuki, K Yoshida, T Ohshima - Applied and Environmental …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Thermophiles have important advantages over mesophiles as host organisms for high-
temperature bioprocesses, functional production of thermostable enzymes, and efficient …

Genome-wide systematic identification of methyltransferase recognition and modification patterns

TØ Jensen, C Tellgren-Roth, S Redl, J Maury… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation patterns using single molecule real-time DNA
sequencing has boosted the number of publicly available methylomes. However, there is a …

Development of a new gene expression vector for Thermus thermophilus using a silica-inducible promoter

Y Fujino, S Goda, Y Suematsu, K Doi - Microbial Cell Factories, 2020 - Springer
Background Thermostable enzymes are commonly produced in mesophilic hosts for
research and bioengineering purposes. However, these hosts do not overexpress the active …