High Potential for Biomass-Degrading Enzymes Revealed by Hot Spring Metagenomics.

ABSTRACT: Enzyme stability and activity at elevated temperatures are important aspects in biotechnological industries, such as the conversion of plant biomass into biofuels. In order to reduce the costs and increase the efficiency of biomass conversion, better enzymatic processing must be developed. Hot springs represent a treasure trove of underexplored microbiological and protein chemistry diversity. Herein, we conduct an exploratory study into the diversity of hot spring biomass-degrading potential. We describe the taxonomic diversity and carbohydrate active enzyme (CAZyme) coding potential in 71 publicly available metagenomic datasets from 58 globally distributed terrestrial geothermal features. Through taxonomic profiling, we detected a wide diversity of microbes unique to varying temperature a

SUBMITTER: Reichart NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8098120 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature