Keratinases are exciting proteolytic enzymes that display the capability to degrade the
insoluble protein keratin. These enzymes are produced by diverse microorganisms …

Thermophilic microorganisms are attractive candidates for conversion of lignocellulose to
biofuels because they produce robust, effective, carbohydrate-degrading enzymes and …

In recent years, biogas production from complex biomass has received great interest.
Therefore, many studies have been conducted to understand the anaerobic digestion …

Improved understanding of the bacterial phylogenetic tree has allowed the distinction of at
least 25 phyla with cultured representatives. This review surveys the diversity of cell …

The diversity of thermophilic bacteria was investigated in four hot springs, three salt marshes
and 12 desert sites in Morocco. Two hundred and forty (240) thermophilic bacteria were …

The present study investigated the cultivable mesophilic (37° C) and thermophilic (60° C)
cellulose-degrading bacterial diversity in a weathered soil-like sample collected from the …

Thermophilic microorganisms are of special interest for phylogenetics and research in
prokaryotic evolution, since many of them belong to deep branches of the tree of life. For this …

Thousands of hot springs are located in the north‐eastern part of the Y unnan–T ibet
geothermal zone, which is one of the most active geothermal areas in the world. However, a …

A wide variety of terrestrial ecosystems in tundra have a ground vegetation cover composed
of reindeer lichens (genera Cladonia and Cetraria). The microbial communities of two lichen …

Dissimilatory sulfate reduction (DSR)—an important reaction in the biogeochemical sulfur
cycle—has been dated to the Palaeoarchaean using geological evidence, but its …