Bioactive Molecules from Extreme Environments

• Autore: Giordano Daniela (Researcher)
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Medicine and Nursing
• Soggetto non controllato: Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba); Antarctica; antibiotics; anticancer compounds; antifungal; antihypertensive peptide (AHTP); antimicrobial compounds; antimicrobial peptide (AMP); archaea and fungi; Arctic/Antarctic; Arctic/Antarctic environment; bioactive compounds; biocatalysis; biodegradation capacities; biomedicine; biomolecules; biosurfactants; blue biotechnologies; carotenoid; chitinase; cold-adaptation; cold-adapted; cold-adapted bacteria; cypermethrin; deep hypersaline anoxic basin; deep hypersaline anoxic basins; deep sea; deep-sea; deep-sea sponge; Deinococcus; deinoxanthin; discorhabdin; ecosystem; enzyme; extreme; extremophilic microorganisms; extremozyme; extremozymes; fungi; genome survey; green synthesis biomaterials; halophilic bacteria; halophilic enzyme; halophilic microorganisms; Latrunculia; limits of life; marine bioprospecting; marine biotechnology; marine natural product; marine prokaryotes; marine sediments; microbial diversity; mitochondrial genome; molecular docking; molecular networking; nanotechnology; optimization; piezophilic enzyme; polyextremophiles; Pseudomonas; psychrophilic enzyme; secondary metabolites; silver nanoparticle; silver nitrate; thermophilic enzyme; whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei)
• Persona (resp. second.): GiordanoDaniela (Researcher)
• Sommario/riassunto: The papers included in this Special Issue "Bioactive Molecules from Extreme Environments" provide an overview of the growing interest in species biodiversity, highlighting the importance of marine extreme environments as sources of a unique marine chemical diversity of molecules. It is worth noting that six articles in this Special Issue are focused on molecules and enzymes isolated from Antarctica. This means that there is a growing interest in this habitat, most probably due to being perceived as an important source of drug discovery. In fact, the unique environment and ecological pressures of marine polar regions might be the major drivers of a selection of unique biological communities that are able to biosynthesize new compounds with diverse biological activities. It is expected that, in the near future, more marine molecules from polar regions, as well as from other extreme habitats, will find their way into biomedical and biotechnological applications.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bioactive Molecules from Extreme Environments
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557147603321
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