Assessment of Haloferax mediterranei Genome in Search of Copper-Molecular Machinery With Potential Applications for Bioremediation.

ABSTRACT: Heavy metals are essential micronutrients at low concentrations, serving as cofactors for relevant microbial enzymes (i.e., respiratory nitrate and nitrite reductases NADH dehydrogenase-2, amine oxidase, etc.), but they become harmful cellular intoxicants at significant low concentrations compared to other chemical compounds. The increasing need to incorporate bioremediation in the removal of heavy metals and other contaminants from wastewaters has led extremophiles to the spotlight of research. The haloarchaeon Haloferax mediterranei has promising physiological characteristics regarding bioremediation. However, little is known about how haloarchaea manage to resist high concentrations of heavy metals in the environment. The aim of this work is to develop bioinformatics research as

SUBMITTER: Llorca MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9240420 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature