Alkaliphiles: The Versatile Tools in Biotechnology.

Alkaliphiles: The Versatile Tools in Biotechnology. Adv Biochem Eng Biotechnol. 2020 Apr 28;: Authors: Mamo G, Mattiasson B Abstract The extreme environments within the biosphere are inhabited by organisms known as extremophiles. In recent years to Lately, these organisms are attracting a great deal of interest from researchers and industrialists. The motive behind this attraction is mainly related to the desire for new and efficient products of biotechnological importance and human curiosity of understanding nature. Organisms living in common "human-friendly" environments have served humanity for a very long time, and this has led to exhaustion of the low-hanging "fruits," a phenomenon witnessed by the diminishing rate of new discoveries. In recent times by For example, acquiring novel products such as drugs from the traditional sources has become difficult and expensive. Such challenges together with the basic research interest have brought the exploration of previously neglected or unknown groups of organisms. Extremophiles are among these groups which have been brought to focus and garnering a growing importance in biotechnology. In the last few decades, numerous extremophiles and their products have got their ways into industrial, agricultural, environmental, pharmaceutical, and other biotechnological applications.Alkaliphiles, organisms which thrive optimally at or above pH 9, are one of the most important classes of extremophi...
Source: Advances in Biochemical Engineering Biotechnology - Category: Biotechnology Authors: Tags: Adv Biochem Eng Biotechnol Source Type: research