Halophiles and their biomolecules: recent advances and future applications in biomedicine

P Corral, MA Amoozegar, A Ventosa - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
The organisms thriving under extreme conditions better than any other organism living on
Earth, fascinate by their hostile growing parameters, physiological features, and their …

Microbial diversity of hypersaline environments: a metagenomic approach

A Ventosa, RR de la Haba, C Sanchez-Porro… - Current Opinion in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Metagenomics permitted a better knowledge of the microbial diversity of
hypersaline habitats.•Cellular life in hypersaline habitats is dominated by prokaryotes …

Screening and isolation of halophilic bacteria producing extracellular hydrolyses from Howz Soltan Lake, Iran

R Rohban, MA Amoozegar… - Journal of Industrial …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Screening of bacteria from different areas of Howz Soltan playa, a hypersaline lake in the
central desert zone of Iran, led to the isolation of 231 moderately halophilic bacteria, which …

Halophilic bacteria as a source of novel hydrolytic enzymes

M de Lourdes Moreno, D Pérez, MT García, E Mellado - Life, 2013 - mdpi.com
Hydrolases constitute a class of enzymes widely distributed in nature from bacteria to higher
eukaryotes. The halotolerance of many enzymes derived from halophilic bacteria can be …

The Santa Pola saltern as a model for studying the microbiota of hypersaline environments

A Ventosa, AB Fernández, MJ León, C Sánchez-Porro… - Extremophiles, 2014 - Springer
Multi-pond salterns constitute an excellent model for the study of the microbial diversity and
ecology of hypersaline environments, showing a wide range of salt concentrations, from …

Microbial community dynamics of extremophiles/extreme environment

P Singh, K Jain, C Desai, O Tiwari… - Microbial diversity in the …, 2019 - Elsevier
The organisms on Earth always live in a multidimensional chemical and physical niche
space. Many discoveries in the last century have tremendously expanded the range of …

Exopolysaccharide production from Alkalibacillus sp. w3: statistical optimization and biological activity

MA Arayes, MEM Mabrouk, SA Sabry, B Abdella - Biologia, 2023 - Springer
Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) provide a broad range of applications. Thus, there is an
increasing interest in the production, characterization, and use of EPS derived from various …

Diversity of prokaryotic microorganisms in alkaline saline soil of the Qarhan Salt Lake area in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Y Wang, G Bao - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The composition of microbial communities varies considerably across ecological
environments, particularly in extreme environments, where unique microorganisms are …

Prokaryotic taxonomic and metabolic diversity of an intermediate salinity hypersaline habitat assessed by metagenomics

AB Fernandez, R Ghai… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
A metagenome was obtained by pyrosequencing the total prokaryotic DNA from the water of
a pond with intermediate salinity (13% salts) from a saltern located in Santa Pola, Spain. We …

[HTML][HTML] Archaeal lipolytic enzymes: Current developments and further prospects

GK Meghwanshi, S Verma, V Srivastava… - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Lipolytic enzymes include triacylglycerol lipases (EC 3.1. 1.3) and esterases (EC 3.1. 1.1)
that catalyze the cleavage and formation of ester bonds. They are potential industrial …