Petroleum hydrocarbons are the most common environmental pollutants in the world and oil
spills pose a great hazard to terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Oil pollution may arise either …

This review mainly focuses on the use of glucose oxidase in the production of D-gluconic
acid, which is a reactant of undoubtable interest in different industrial areas. The enzyme …

Microorganisms have been exposed to a myriad of substrates and environmental conditions
throughout evolution resulting in countless metabolites and enzymatic activities. Although …

Steroid compounds can be ranked among the most widely marketed products from the
pharmaceutical industry. Highly specific reactions are required to produce functionalized …

Interest in green chemistry and clean processes has grown so much in recent years that
topics such as fluorous biphasic catalysis, metal organic frameworks, and process …

Biocatalytic transamination is being established as key tool for the production of chiral amine
pharmaceuticals and precursors due to its excellent enantioselectivity as well as green …

Product removal from aqueous media poses a challenge in biotechnological whole-cell
biotransformation processes in which substrates and/or products may have toxic effects. The …

Chiral secondary alcohols play an important role in pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and
chemical industries. In recent years, impressive steps forward have been achieved towards …

Well-bore water samples from the Fort Union Formation in the Powder River Basin of
Wyoming tested positive for the presence of living microbial communities capable of …

The main application of terpenes as fragrances and flavors depends on the absolute
configuration of the compounds because enantiomers present different organoleptic …