Discovery of novel enzymes with industrial potential from a cold and alkaline environment by a combination of functional metagenomics and culturing

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vester, Jan K ^a   Glaring, Mikkel A ^a   Stougaard, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Alkaline active enzymes; Bioprospecting; Cold active enzymes; MDA; Metagenomics; Amylase; Galactosidase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; AMYLASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; BETA MANNOSIDASE; CELLULASE; ENDO 1,4 BETA XYLANASE; LACTOSE; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEINASE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; HYDROLYSIS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; BACTERIA; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METAGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84901606371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-72     Document Type: Article

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