Enzymes are versatile catalysts and their synthetic potential has been recognized for a long
time. In order to exploit their full potential, enzymes often need to be re-engineered or …

Metagenomics (also referred to as environmental and community genomics) is the genomic
analysis of microorganisms by direct extraction and cloning of DNA from an assemblage of …

Lipases are a class of enzymes which catalyse the hydrolysis of long chain triglycerides.
Microbial lipases are currently receiving much attention with the rapid development of …

▪ Abstract Uncultured microorganisms comprise the majority of the planet's biological
diversity. Microorganisms represent two of the three domains of life and contain vast …

Phylogenetic surveys of soil ecosystems have shown that the number of prokaryotic species
found in a single sample exceeds that of known cultured prokaryotes. Soil metagenomics …

Background Renewable energy production is currently a major issue worldwide. Biogas is a
promising renewable energy carrier as the technology of its production combines the …

Bioremediation has the potential to restore contaminated environments inexpensively yet
effectively, but a lack of information about the factors controlling the growth and metabolism …

The recognition that most microorganisms in the environment cannot be cultured by
standard methods stimulated the development of metagenomics, which is the genomic …

It is widely accepted that up to 99.8% of the microbes present in many environments are not
readily culturable.'Metagenome technology'tries to overcome this bottleneck by developing …

Different industries have different motivations to probe the enormous resource that is
uncultivated microbial diversity. Currently, there is a global political drive to promote white …