High-amylose maize starch: Structure, properties, modifications and industrial applications

M Obadi, Y Qi, B Xu - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
High-amylose maize refers to a special type of maize cultivar with a 50%–90% amylose
content of the total starch. High-amylose maize starch (HAMS) is of interest because it …

Customizing starch properties: A review of starch modifications and their applications

J Compart, A Singh, J Fettke, A Apriyanto - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Starch has been a convenient, economically important polymer with substantial applications
in the food and processing industry. However, native starches present restricted …

Bacterial amylases enable glycogen degradation by the vaginal microbiome

DJ Jenkins, BM Woolston, MI Hood-Pishchany… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The human vaginal microbiota is frequently dominated by lactobacilli and transition to a
more diverse community of anaerobic microbes is associated with health risks. Glycogen …

Development of starch-based materials using current modification techniques and their applications: A review

SM Amaraweera, C Gunathilake, OHP Gunawardene… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Starch is one of the most common biodegradable polymers found in nature, and it is widely
utilized in the food and beverage, bioplastic industry, paper industry, textile, and biofuel …

Marine extremophiles: a source of hydrolases for biotechnological applications

GZL Dalmaso, D Ferreira, AB Vermelho - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
The marine environment covers almost three quarters of the planet and is where evolution
took its first steps. Extremophile microorganisms are found in several extreme marine …

Pullulan based derivatives: Synthesis, enhanced physicochemical properties, and applications

S Agrawal, D Budhwani, P Gurjar, D Telange… - Drug …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Drug distribution relies heavily on polymers, which also offer a variety of benefits like
controlled release, targeted release, prolonged release, etc. Due to their low toxicity and …

The Sus operon: a model system for starch uptake by the human gut Bacteroidetes

MH Foley, DW Cockburn, NM Koropatkin - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2016 - Springer
Resident bacteria in the densely populated human intestinal tract must efficiently compete
for carbohydrate nutrition. The Bacteroidetes, a dominant bacterial phylum in the …

Bacillales: From Taxonomy to Biotechnological and Industrial Perspectives

S Harirchi, T Sar, M Ramezani, H Aliyu, Z Etemadifar… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
For a long time, the genus Bacillus has been known and considered among the most
applicable genera in several fields. Recent taxonomical developments resulted in the …

Consolidated bioprocessing of raw starch to ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Achievements and challenges

RA Cripwell, L Favaro, M Viljoen-Bloom… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent advances in amylolytic strain engineering for starch-to-ethanol conversion have
provided a platform for the development of raw starch consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) …

[HTML][HTML] Biotechnological applications of archaeal enzymes from extreme environments

MÁ Cabrera, JM Blamey - Biological research, 2018 - SciELO Chile
To date, many industrial processes are performed using chemical compounds, which are
harmful to nature. An alternative to overcome this problem is biocatalysis, which uses whole …