Special Issue: Diversity of Extremophiles in Time and Space
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2021-11-30Author
Puente Sánchez, Fernando
Chavarría Vargas, Max
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Extreme environments are fascinating ecosystems that have allowed us to increase
our knowledge about the evolutionary processes of life [1], develop new biotechnological
applications (e.g., industrial applications of lipases [2], and thermostable DNA Polymerases
in PCR tests [3]) and establish some fundamental concepts about the origins of life and
the search for life in the Universe [1]. Despite the fact that research on the living beings
that inhabit these extreme environments (i.e., extremophiles) began more than five decades
ago with the pioneering works of Thomas D. Brock [4], nowadays, we still have a lot to
learn about microbial diversity, and especially about the metabolism and biochemistry
of these microorganisms; therefore, the study of extremophiles, extremozymes and their
biotechnological potential remains a hot topic.
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