Microbial Enzymes: Tools for Biotechnological Processes
By J. Adrio, A. Demain. Biomolecules, 2014
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Microbial enzymes are of great importance in the development of industrial bioprocesses. Current applications are focused on many different markets including pulp and paper, leather, detergents and textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemical, food and beverages, biofuels, animal feed and personal care, among others. Today there is a need for new, improved or/and more versatile enzymes in order to develop more novel, sustainable and economically competitive production processes. Microbial diversity and modern molecular techniques, such as metagenomics and genomics, are being used to discover new microbial enzymes whose catalytic properties can be improved/modified by different strategies based on rational, semi-rational and random directed evolution. Most industrial enzymes are recombinant forms produced in bacteria and fungi.
Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology
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- Microbial cellulolytic enzymes: diversity and biotechnology with reference to lignocellulosic biomass degradation (2020, background): “These unique properties have led to efforts for their optimum production and subsequently for novel and competitive uses in numerous industrial bio-processes (Adrio and Demain 2014; Gurung et al. 2013).”
- Microbial lipases and their industrial applications: a comprehensive review (2020, background): “The request for microbial sources is projected to witness significant growth in the near future, due to their wide range of food processing applications [16, 17].”
- Microbial enzymes: industrial progress in 21st century (2016, background): “The biodegradable enzymes are efficient alternative to improve the quality of leather and help to shrink waste (Adrio and Demain 2014).”