Thermophilic Microbes in Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology: Biotechnology of Thermophiles [2 ed.] 978-94-007-5898-8, 978-94-007-5899-5

Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Diversity of Hot Environments and Thermophilic Microbes....Pages 3-60
Exploring the Ecology of Thermophiles from Australia’s Great Artesian Basin During the Genomic Era....Pages 61-97
Hot Environments from Antarctica: Source of Thermophiles and Hyperthermophiles, with Potential Biotechnological Applications....Pages 99-118
Bacterial and Biochemical Properties of Newly Invented Aerobic, High-Temperature Compost....Pages 119-135
Role of Thermophilic Microflora in Composting....Pages 137-169
Metal Bioremediation by Thermophilic Microorganisms....Pages 171-201
CO-Oxidizing Anaerobic Thermophilic Prokaryotes....Pages 203-231
Biomineralization in Geothermal Environments....Pages 233-247
Phylogeny and Biological Features of Thermophiles....Pages 249-270
Biology, Biodiversity and Application of Thermophilic Viruses....Pages 271-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Genomics of Thermophilic Bacteria and Archaea....Pages 307-330
Comparative Genomics of Thermophilic Bacteria and Archaea....Pages 331-349
Host-Vector Systems in Thermophiles....Pages 351-373
Molecular Chaperones in Thermophilic Eubacteria and Archaea....Pages 375-394
Heterologous Production of Thermostable Proteins and Enzymes....Pages 395-412
Discovery of Thermostable Enzymes from Hot Environmental Samples by Metagenomic Approaches....Pages 413-427
DNA Polymerases and DNA Ligases....Pages 429-457
Molecular Diversity and Biotechnological Relevance of Thermophilic Actinobacteria....Pages 459-479
Mechanisms of Thermal Stability Adopted by Thermophilic Proteins and Their Use in White Biotechnology....Pages 481-507
Starch-Hydrolyzing Enzymes from Thermophiles....Pages 509-533
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Thermostable Archaeal and Bacterial Pullulanases and Amylopullulanases....Pages 535-587
Sugar Metabolic Enzymes....Pages 589-610
Restriction Enzymes from Thermophiles....Pages 611-647
Microbial Chitinases: Natural Sources, Mutagenesis, and Directed Evolution to Obtain Thermophilic Counterparts....Pages 649-669
Phytases and Phosphatases of Thermophilic Microbes: Production, Characteristics and Multifarious Biotechnological Applications....Pages 671-687
Pectinases of Thermophilic Microbes....Pages 689-710
Developments in Thermostable Gellan Lyase....Pages 711-730
The Lignocellulolytic System of Thermophilic Fungi and Actinomycetes: Structure, Regulation, and Biotechnological Applications....Pages 731-769
Cellulases of Thermophilic Microbes....Pages 771-793
Xylanases from Thermophilic Fungi: Classification, Structure, and Case Study of Melanocarpus albomyces ....Pages 795-811
Thermostable Bacterial Xylanases....Pages 813-857
Thermostable Proteases....Pages 859-880
Microbial Keratinases: Diversity and Applications....Pages 881-904
Biocatalysis Through Thermostable Lipases: Adding Flavor to Chemistry....Pages 905-927
Back Matter....Pages 929-954