Phylogenetic diversity and biotechnological potentials of marine bacteria from continental slope of eastern Arabian Sea.

ABSTRACT: Marine environments are substantially untapped source for the isolation of bacteria with the capacity to produce various extracellular hydrolytic enzymes, which have important ecological roles and promising biotechnological applications. Hydrolases constitute a class of enzymes widely distributed in nature from bacteria to higher eukaryotes. Marine microbial communities are highly diverse and have evolved during extended evolutionary processes of physiological adaptations under the influence of a variety of ecological conditions and selection pressures. A number of marine hydrolases have been described, including amylases, lipases and proteases, which are being used extensively for biotechnological applications. The present study was carried out to isolate marine bacteria from continental

SUBMITTER: Farha AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6353758 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature