Microbial Enzymes: Tools for Biotechnological Processes

Microbial Enzymes: Tools for Biotechnological Processes

Microbial enzymes are of great importance in the development of industrial bioprocesses. Current applications are focused on many different markets including pulp and paper, leather, detergents and textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemical, food and beverages, biofuels, animal feed and personal care, among others. Today there is a need for new, improved or/and more versatile enzymes in order to devel...

Microbial Enzymes with Special Characteristics for Biotechnological Applications

This article overviews the enzymes produced by microorganisms, which have been extensively studied worldwide for their isolation, purification and characterization of their specific properties. Researchers have isolated specific microorganisms from extreme sources under extreme culture conditions, with the objective that such isolated microbes would possess the capability to bio-synthesize spec...

Biotechnological Processes in Microbial Amylase Production

Amylase is an important and indispensable enzyme that plays a pivotal role in the field of biotechnology. It is produced mainly from microbial sources and is used in many industries. Industrial sectors with top-down and bottom-up approaches are currently focusing on improving microbial amylase production levels by implementing bioengineering technologies. The further support of energy consumpti...

Recent Development in Production and Biotechnological Application of Microbial Enzymes

Copyright © 2015 Noomen Hmidet et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Microbial enzymes are considered as a potential biocatalyst for several biotechnological applications. They are mainly characterized by their bi...

Transglutaminases as biotechnological tools.