Extremophiles: A novel source of industrially important enzymes

Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-135

  Kumar, Lokendra ^a,b   Awasthi, Gyanendra ^a   Singh, Balvinder ^b  

^a Dolphin PG Institute of Biomedical and Natural Sciences   (India)

^b Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post Gratudate Institute of Biomedical Sciences & Research   (India)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Extremophiles; Industrially important extremozymes

Indexed keywords

CLONING AND EXPRESSION; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; ENZYME STABILITY; EXTREME CONDITIONS; EXTREMOPHILES; GENOME SEQUENCES; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; INDUSTRIALLY IMPORTANT EXTREMOZYMES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL LIFE; NATURAL WORLD; NOVEL APPLICATIONS;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CLONING; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MICROORGANISMS;

ENZYMES;

EID: 79957973036     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2011.121.135     Document Type: Article

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