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Industrial requirements for α-amylase active at harsh industrial conditions have determined the interest in extremophilic producers suggesting unusual properties of their enzymes. This article discusses last ten years advances in knowledge on its synthesis from extremophiles, including thermophilic/thermoacidophilic, psychrophilic, and halophilic bacterial and archaeal producers. The examples of commercially exploited amylases from extremophiles are limited due to the special conditions for their production and low level of enzyme yield in the case of thermophiles. However, the industrial requirement for enzymes active at harsh industrial conditions as well as developments in cultivation of extremophiles renewed interest towards the biocatalytic applications of amylolytic extremozymes.
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Kambourova, M. (2017). Recent Advances in Extremophilic α-Amylases. In: Sani, R., Krishnaraj, R. (eds) Extremophilic Enzymatic Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Bioenergy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54684-1_7
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