Biocatalysis is crucial for a green, sustainable, biobased economy, and this has driven major
advances in biotechnology and biocatalysis over the past 2 decades. There are numerous …

Extremophilic microorganisms have established a diversity of molecular strategies in order
to survive in extreme conditions. Biocatalysts isolated by these organisms are termed …

Cold-adapted microorganisms inhabiting permanently low-temperature environments were
initially just a biological curiosity but have emerged as rich sources of numerous valuable …

More than 70% of our planet is covered by extremely cold environments, nourishing a broad
diversity of microbial life. Temperature is the most significant parameter that plays a key role …

Background Glacier ice archives information, including microbiology, that helps reveal
paleoclimate histories and predict future climate change. Though glacier-ice microbes are …

Cold-active enzymes constitute an attractive resource for biotechnological applications.
Their high catalytic activity at temperatures below 25° C makes them excellent biocatalysts …

Permafrost represents a largely understudied genetic resource. Thawing of permafrost with
global warming will not only promote microbial carbon turnover with direct feedback on …

Pigments are an essential part of everyday life on Earth with rapidly growing industrial and
biomedical applications. Synthetic pigments account for a major portion of these pigments …

Cold environments represent the majority of the biosphere on Earth and have been
successfully colonized by psychrophilic microorganisms that are able to thrive at low …

Psychrophiles thriving permanently at near‐zero temperatures synthesize cold‐active
enzymes to sustain their cell cycle. Genome sequences, proteomic, and transcriptomic …