Production of Industrially Important Enzymes from Extermophilic Mycoflora of Marakkanam Saltpans

Abstract

ABSTRACT newline Life in various forms emerges almost everywhere on the earth, and many organisms exist in environments considered normal from our anthropocentric perspectives. Other organisms, known as extremophiles, are remarkable in that they can survive in extremely severe environments. Extremophilic microbes, particularly hyperthermophiles, thermophiles, archaebacterial anaerobes, and hyperhalophiles, have recently sparked a surge in scientific interest. Organisms that survive and thrive in saline environments have received increased scientific attention in recent years, thanks to some ground-breaking discoveries of stress-tolerating mechanisms. It is possible to use salterns for salt production during several months of the year due to the climatic conditions of the area. In the present study, filamentous fungi of diverse genera were found to thrive in solar salterns of Marakkanam. Studies on industrially important fungal enzymes from Extremophilic Mycoflora Of Marakkanam Saltpans, East Coast, Tamil Nadu, India. In this investigation, Curvularia eragrostidis, C. geniculata, C. lunata and C. tuberculata were isolated from Marakkanam saltrans. Enzymes from fungi were the need of the hour and in the present study an attempt was made to isolate fungal strains which can produce commercially important enzymes. Further optimization procedures and molecular studies such as gene transfer studies should be carried out for the for the commercial scale production of these enzymes. newline