Biotechnological Applications of Extremophilic Microorganisms

Download or read book Biotechnological Applications of Extremophilic Microorganisms written by Natuschka M. Lee and published by de Gruyter. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biotechnology of extremophiles - the applied science field that seeks to employ extremophilic organisms in order to discover in particular novel and unique useful biocompounds and genetic systems. This book aims to give a broad overview on the potential usage of extremophiles in biotechnology (e.g. industry, medicine, food, cosmetics, environmental clean-up, energy and fuel, geo-sciences), including the production of compounds (e.g. enzymes, compatible solutes) or the degradation of compounds such as xenobiotics etc. The book contains reviews on various recent discoveries, applications and visions of a large variety of extremophiles - focusing not only on prokaryotes, but also on eukaryotes as well as viruses.