Survey on Halophilic microbial diversity of Kovalam Saltpans in Kanyakumari District and its industrial applicationsSaju K. A, M. Michael Babu, Murugan, S. Thiravia Raj

Search for new industrial enzymes having novel properties continues to be a desirable pursuit in enzyme research. The halophilic organisms inhabiting under saline/ hypersaline conditions are considered as promising source of useful enzymes. Their enzymes are structurally adapted to perform efficient catalysis under saline environment wherein n0n-halophilic enzymes often lose their structure and...

The genetic relatedness among various strains of halophilic bacteria has been assessed by deoxyribonucleic acid-deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA-DNA) duplex formation and ribosomal ribonucleic acid (RNA) hybridization. All of the strains of extremely halophilic rods are closely related, and the extent of divergence of base sequence is similar for the major and minor DNA components. Parallel experimen...

background and objectives : halophilic bacteria produce a variety of pigments, which function as immune modulators and have prophylactic action against cancers. in this study, colorful halophilic bacteria were isolated from solar salt lake and their pigments was extracted in optimal environmental conditions and compared with the pigments of halorubrum sodomense atcc 33755. materials and methods...

the objective of this study was to isolate halophilic bacteria with the ability to produce intracellular or extracellular l-asparaginase. a total number of 120 halophilic bacteria were isolated from 17 different saline habitats of iran including salt lakes, wetlands, brine springs and deserts. among these, 68 were able to grow in the presence of 1.5 m nacl and 52 demonstrated the ability to gro...

An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in Microbial Biotechnology Industrial and environmental applications of halophiles Halophiles have traditionally been important in the food industry. More recently, they have become important for the production of b-carotene and ectoine. This paper describes a halophilic lipase that could be useful for the production of eicos...

Halophilic archaea/bacteria adapt to different salt concentration, namely extreme, moderate and low. These type of adaptations may occur as a result of modification of protein structure and other changes in different cell organelles. Thus proteins may play an important role in the adaptation of halophilic archaea/bacteria to saline conditions. The Halophile protein database (HProtDB) is a syste...

Halobacteria, members of the domain Archaea that live under extremely halophilic conditions, are often considered as dependable source for deriving novel enzymes, novel genes, bioactive compounds and other industrially important molecules. Protein antibiotics have potential for application as preserving agents in food industry, leather industry and in control of infectious bacteria. Halocins ar...

Microorganisms that love salt are known as halophiles, and they found in both the archaeal eubacterial domains of life. Halophiles do naturally occur mesmeric saline habitats such hypersaline lakes, pans, marshes, soils, solar salterns. The group microorganisms live a salty environment is halophilic microbiome. This includes bacteria, algae, fungi, viruses, more. According to how much can toler...

Massive application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has been the main strategy used to cope with rising crop demands in last decades. The indiscriminate use chemicals while providing a temporary solution food demand led decrease productivity an increase environmental impact modern agriculture. A sustainable alternative agrochemicals is microorganisms naturally capable enhancing plant gro...