Marine Metagenome as A Resource for Novel Enzymes.

ABSTRACT: More than 99% of identified prokaryotes, including many from the marine environment, cannot be cultured in the laboratory. This lack of capability restricts our knowledge of microbial genetics and community ecology. Metagenomics, the culture-independent cloning of environmental DNAs that are isolated directly from an environmental sample, has already provided a wealth of information about the uncultured microbial world. It has also facilitated the discovery of novel biocatalysts by allowing researchers to probe directly into a huge diversity of enzymes within natural microbial communities. Recent advances in these studies have led to a great interest in recruiting microbial enzymes for the development of environmentally-friendly industry. Although the metagenomics approach has many limitat

SUBMITTER: Alma'abadi AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4678775 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature