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. 2019 Nov 21;17(12):656.
doi: 10.3390/md17120656.

Properties and Applications of Extremozymes from Deep-Sea Extremophilic Microorganisms: A Mini Review

Min Jin  1   2 , Yingbao Gai  1 , Xun Guo  1 , Yanping Hou  1 , Runying Zeng  1   2
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Properties and Applications of Extremozymes from Deep-Sea Extremophilic Microorganisms: A Mini Review

Min Jin et al. Mar Drugs. .

Abstract

The deep sea, which is defined as sea water below a depth of 1000 m, is one of the largest biomes on the Earth, and is recognised as an extreme environment due to its range of challenging physical parameters, such as pressure, salinity, temperature, chemicals and metals (such as hydrogen sulphide, copper and arsenic). For surviving in such extreme conditions, deep-sea extremophilic microorganisms employ a variety of adaptive strategies, such as the production of extremozymes, which exhibit outstanding thermal or cold adaptability, salt tolerance and/or pressure tolerance. Owing to their great stability, deep-sea extremozymes have numerous potential applications in a wide range of industries, such as the agricultural, food, chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnological sectors. This enormous economic potential combined with recent advances in sampling and molecular and omics technologies has led to the emergence of research regarding deep-sea extremozymes and their primary applications in recent decades. In the present review, we introduced recent advances in research regarding deep-sea extremophiles and the enzymes they produce and discussed their potential industrial applications, with special emphasis on thermophilic, psychrophilic, halophilic and piezophilic enzymes.

Keywords: deep sea; extremophilic microorganisms; extremozyme; halophilic enzyme; piezophilic enzyme; psychrophilic enzyme; thermophilic enzyme.

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