Enzymes from extremely thermophilic microorganisms have been of technological interest
for some time because of their ability to catalyze reactions of industrial significance at …

Many microorganisms that grow at elevated temperatures are able to utilize a variety of
carbohydrates pertinent to the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to bioenergy. The …

The hyperthermophilic and anaerobic bacterium Thermotoga maritima ferments a wide
variety of carbohydrates, producing acetate, CO2, and H2. Glucose is degraded through a …

Since their discovery in the 1960s as 'osmotic shock-sensitive'transporters, a plethora of so-
called binding protein-dependent (canonical) ATP-binding cassette (ABC) importers has …

The transport and catabolic machinery involved in carbohydrate utilization by Lactobacillus
acidophilus was characterized genetically by using whole-genome cDNA microarrays …

Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus is an extremely thermophilic, gram-positive anaerobe
which ferments cellulose-, hemicellulose-and pectin-containing biomass to acetate, CO2 …

The solute binding proteins (SBPs) of prokaryotes are present in the extracytosolic space.
Although their primary function is providing substrates to transporters, SBPs also stimulate …

Considering the era of industrialization and increasing growth of interest in the green
bioconversion of biomass into efficient value-added products, this review discusses the …

Caldicellulosiruptor bescii DSM 6725 utilizes various polysaccharides and grows efficiently
on untreated high-lignin grasses and hardwood at an optimum temperature of∼ 80° C. It is a …

High-throughput sequencing of microbial genomes has allowed the application of functional
genomics methods to species lacking well-developed genetic systems. For the model …