Biotechnological perspectives of microorganisms isolated from the Polar Regions
Viktoria Shcherbakova A B and Olga Troshina A C
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A G. K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
B Tel: +7 9165675019, Email: vshakola@gmail.com
C Tel: +7 9168812865, Email: olgtroshina@gmail.com
Microbiology Australia 39(3) 137-140 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA18042
Published: 7 August 2018
Abstract
Polar permanently frozen grounds cover more than 20% of the earth's surface, and about 60% of the Russian territories are permafrost. In the permafrost environments, the combination of low temperature and poor availability of liquid water make these habitats extremely inhospitable for life. To date, both culture-dependent and culture-independent methods have shown that permafrost is a habitat for microorganisms of all three domains: Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya. An overview of applying psychrophilic and psychrotolerant bacteria and archaea isolated from Arctic and Antarctic permafrost ecosystems in biotechnological processes of wastewater treatment, production of cold-adapted enzymes, etc. is discussed here. The study of existing collections of microorganisms isolated from permanently cold habitats, improved methods of sampling and enrichment will increase the potential biotechnological applications of permafrost bacteria and archaea producing unique biomolecules.
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