AUTHOR=Shivlata L , Tulasi Satyanarayana 

TITLE=Thermophilic and alkaliphilic Actinobacteria: biology and potential applications

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=6

YEAR=2015

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01014

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2015.01014

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>Microbes belonging to the phylum <italic>Actinobacteria</italic> are prolific sources of antibiotics, clinically useful bioactive compounds and industrially important enzymes. The focus of the current review is on the diversity and potential applications of thermophilic and alkaliphilic actinobacteria, which are highly diverse in their taxonomy and morphology with a variety of adaptations for surviving and thriving in hostile environments. The specific metabolic pathways in these actinobacteria are activated for elaborating pharmaceutically, agriculturally, and biotechnologically relevant biomolecules/bioactive compounds, which find multifarious applications.</p>