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Recent discoveries and applications of Anoxybacillus

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The Bacillaceae family members are a good source of bacteria for bioprocessing and biotransformation involving whole cells or enzymes. In contrast to Bacillus and Geobacillus, Anoxybacillus is a relatively new genus that was proposed in the year 2000. Because these bacteria are alkali-tolerant thermophiles, they are suitable for many industrial applications. More than a decade after the first report of Anoxybacillus, knowledge accumulated from fundamental and applied studies suggests that this genus can serve as a good alternative in many applications related to starch and lignocellulosic biomasses, environmental waste treatment, enzyme technology, and possibly bioenergy production. This current review provides the first summary of past and recent discoveries regarding the isolation of Anoxybacillus, its medium requirements, its proteins that have been characterized and cloned, bioremediation applications, metabolic studies, and genomic analysis. Comparisons to some other members of Bacillaceae and possible future applications of Anoxybacillus are also discussed.

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This work are financially supported by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia GUP grant and University of Malaya High Impact Research Grant (HIR Grant, A000001–50001).

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    Kian Mau Goh, Ummirul Mukminin Kahar, Yen Yen Chai, Chun Shiong Chong, Kian Piaw Chai & Velayudhan Ranjani

  2. Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

    Rosli Md. Illias

  3. Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Goh, K.M., Kahar, U.M., Chai, Y.Y. et al. Recent discoveries and applications of Anoxybacillus . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 97, 1475–1488 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-012-4663-2

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