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Enzyme and microbial systems involved in starch processing.

Poonam Singh Nee Nigam, +1 more
- 01 Sep 1995 - 
- Vol. 17, Iss: 9, pp 770-778
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This article reviews the important industrial uses of starch and starch processing in industry and discusses the main enzymes involved in starch degradation, commercially available amylolytic enzymes, thermostable enzymes from mesophilic and thermophilic microorganisms, and microbial fermentation systems used in amymolytic enzyme biosynthesis.
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This article is published in Enzyme and Microbial Technology.The article was published on 1995-09-01. It has received 377 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Enzyme biosynthesis & Starch.

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Developments in the use of Bacillus species for industrial production

TL;DR: Developments from the understanding of the complex protein translocation machinery of Gram-positive bacteria should allow the resolution of current secretion challenges and make Bacillus species preeminent hosts for heterologous protein production.
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Developments in industrially important thermostable enzymes: a review.

TL;DR: The source microorganisms and properties of thermostable starch hydrolysing amylases, xylanases, cellulases, chitinases, proteases, lipases and DNA polymerases are discussed and the industrial needs for such specific thermostably enzyme and improvements required to maximize their application in the future are suggested.
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Agro-industrial wastes and their utilization using solid state fermentation: a review

TL;DR: The use of agro-industrial wastes as raw materials can help to reduce the production cost and also reduce the pollution load from the environment as mentioned in this paper, and these residues can be used as an alternate source for the production of different products like biogas, biofuel, mushroom, and tempeh as the raw material in various researches and industries.
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An overview of the last advances in probiotic and prebiotic field

TL;DR: The present review summarizes guidelines reported on the literature in regard to clinician or therapeutic trials of probiotic and prebiotic.
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Microbial hydrolysis of polysaccharides.

TL;DR: In general, the systems produced by different microorganisms for the hydrolysis of a particular polysaccharide comprise similar enzymes from the same families, which are complex on two quite different levels.
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Microbial enzymes and biotechnology

TL;DR: This edition of Microbial Enzymes and Biotechnol ogy has attempted to bring together accounts (by the relevant experts) of the current status of the major areas of enzyme technology and specifically those areas of actual and/or potential commercial importance.
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Thermophilic bacteria: Ecology, physiology and technology

TL;DR: Thermophilic bacteria have application in chemical feedstock and fuel production, bioconversion of wastes, enzyme technology, and single cell protein production and facilitate reactant activity and product recovery.
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