Microbial lipases are most broadly used biocatalysts for environmental and industrial
applications. Lipases catalyze the hydrolysis and synthesis of long acyl chain esters and …

Lipolytic enzymes catalyze the hydrolysis of ester bonds in the presence of water. In media
with low water content or in organic solvents, they can catalyze synthetic reactions such as …

Abstract The Red Sea Atlantis II brine pool is an extreme environment that displays multiple
harsh conditions such as high temperature, high salinity and high concentrations of multiple …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain S3 exhibited high esterolytic activity against poly (lactic
acid)(PLA) at environmental temperature (~ 30° C). A comprehensive study was conducted …

A novel esterase, EstH was cloned, purified and characterized from the marine bacterium
Zunongwangia sp. The purified EstH showed optimum activity at 30° C and pH 8.5 with∼ …

Persistence in the soil is a function of seed physiology, particularly non-germination and
inherent lifespan. However, for seeds with mechanical dormancy, non-germination is also a …

Background Acetyl xylan esterase plays an important role in the complete enzymatic
hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials. It hydrolyzes the ester linkages of acetic acid in xylan …

Fluorescein diacetate (FDA) assay has been widely applied in coastal research to quantify
microbial activity in sediments. However, the present FDA assay procedures embodied in …

A novel esterase, EstD11, has been discovered in a hot spring metagenomic library. It is a
thermophilic and thermostable esterase with an optimum temperature of 60° C. A detailed …

Three new lipolytic genes were isolated from a forest soil metagenomic library by functional
screening on tributyrin agar plates. The genes SBLip1, SBLip2 and SBLip5. 1 respectively …