Extremely thermophilic microorganisms and their polymer-hydrolytic enzymes
Rev. microbiol
; 30(4): 287-98, out.-dez. 1999. tab
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Thermophilic and hyperthermophilic microorganisms are found as normal inhabitants of continental and submarine volcanic areas, geothermally heated sea-sediments and hydrothermal vents and thus are considered extremophiles. Several present or potential applications of extremophilic enzymes are reviewed, especially polymer-hydrolysing enzymes, such as amylolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes. The purpose of this review is to present the range of morphological and metabolic features among those microorganisms growing from 70ºC to 100ºC and to indicate potential opportunities for useful applications derived from these features
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Rev. microbiol
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MICROBIOLOGIA
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1999
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