Recent progress in microbial biosurfactants production strategies: Applications, technological bottlenecks, and future outlook

V Thakur, P Baghmare, A Verma, JS Verma… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biosurfactants are surface-active compounds produced by numerous microorganisms. They
have gained significant attention due to their wide applications in food, pharmaceuticals …

Marine enzymes: Classification and application in various industries

S Ghattavi, A Homaei - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Oceans are regarded as a plentiful and sustainable source of biological compounds.
Enzymes are a group of marine biomaterials that have recently drawn more attention …

Bioprospecting marine microalgae as sustainable bio-factories for value-added compounds

J Selvam, J Mal, S Singh, A Yadav, BS Giri, A Pandey… - Algal Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been increasing attention towards marine bioprospecting owing to
the potential for develo** sustainable and environmentally friendly production systems for …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the dynamics of algae-associated microbiome during the scale-up process of Tetraselmis sp. microalgae: A metagenomics approach

H Hosseini, I Saadaoui, M Cherif, SA Siddiqui… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microalgae have become a key source of valuable compounds, promoting commercial scale
applications. However, biological contamination is one of the most critical problems …

Marine resources offer new compounds and strategies for the treatment of skin and soft tissue infections

A Labes - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bioprospecting of the marine environment for drug development has gained much attention
in recent years owing to its massive chemical and biological diversity. Drugs for the …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgae potential to protect from heavy metals-induced carcinogenicity

H Hamai-Amara, H Abou-Saleh, MA Al-Ghouti… - Algal Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Toxic elements are present naturally in the environment; however, during the last century,
their level has been continuously rising in the air, water, and soil due to anthropogenic …

Bioprospecting and marine 'omics': surfing the deep blue sea for novel bioactive proteins and peptides

I Moutinho Cabral, C Goncalves, AR Grosso… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The vast biological and biochemical diversity of the global ocean is the driver behind marine
bioprospecting for novel bioproducts. As Marine Biotechnology is gaining momentum as one …

Biofilm‐Inhibitory Activity of Wild Mushroom Extracts against Pathogenic Bacteria

G Gebreyohannes, DB Sbhatu… - Evidence‐Based …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. This study aims to investigate the bacterial biofilm‐inhibitory effect of mushroom
extracts. Methods. Mushrooms were collected from Arabuko‐Sokoke and Kakamega forests …

A review of marine genetic resource valuations

T Krusberg, L Schildt, JB Jouffray, E Zhivkoplias… - npj Ocean …, 2024 - nature.com
Marine biotechnology is a rapidly growing sector of the ocean economy, but efforts to assess
its value, and that of the genetic resources that enable it, remain contentious. Through a …

Lactose-assimilating yeasts with high fatty acid accumulation uncovered by untargeted bioprospecting

K Persson, VO Onyema, IP Nwafor… - Applied and …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Bioprospecting can uncover new yeast strains and species with interesting ecological
characteristics and valuable biotechnological traits, such as the capacity to convert different …