Metagenomics and industrial applications
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- 1 June 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Microbiology
- Vol. 3 (6) , 510-516
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1161
Abstract
Different industries have different motivations to probe the enormous resource that is uncultivated microbial diversity. Currently, there is a global political drive to promote white (industrial) biotechnology as a central feature of the sustainable economic future of modern industrialized societies. This requires the development of novel enzymes, processes, products and applications. Metagenomics promises to provide new molecules with diverse functions, but ultimately, expression systems are required for any new enzymes and bioactive molecules to become an economic success. This review highlights industrial efforts and achievements in metagenomics.Keywords
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