Identification of a novel alkaliphilic esterase active at low temperatures by screening a metagenomic library from Antarctic desert soil

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dc.contributor.authorHeath, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorHu, Xiao Ping
dc.contributor.authorCary, Craig
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-31T13:37:08Z
dc.date.available2023-05-31T13:37:08Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe cold deserts of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, South Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, are widely acknowledged as having the harshest soil environments on Earth (6, 8, 26). Despite the apparent hostility of the environment, we and others have reported both unexpectedly high biomass (9) and phylogenetic diversity (1, 19, 24, 29) in Antarctic soils. The presence of numerous novel taxa suggests that these soils might prove to be valuable sources of genetic material for mining novel industrial enzymes active at low temperatures (9, 23). Esterases (EC 3.1.1.1) and lipases (EC 3.1.1.3) catalyze the hydrolysis and synthesis of ester compounds. Their applications in industry cover a broad spectrum, including as detergent additives, in food processing, in environmental bioremediation, and in biomass and plant waste degradation for the production of useful organocompounds (3, 16).en_US
dc.identifier.citationHeath, C. et al. (2009). Identification of a novel alkaliphilic esterase active at low temperatures by screening a metagenomic library from Antarctic desert soil, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75 (13), 4657-4659. 10.1128/AEM.02597-08en_US
dc.identifier.issn1098-5336
dc.identifier.uri10.1128/AEM.02597-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8979
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Microbiologyen_US
dc.subjectBiotechnologyen_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectDiversityen_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectAntarctic deserten_US
dc.titleIdentification of a novel alkaliphilic esterase active at low temperatures by screening a metagenomic library from Antarctic desert soilen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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