| Grant number: | 13/19486-0 |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| Start date: | April 01, 2014 |
| End date: | September 30, 2016 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Applied Microbiology |
| Principal Investigator: | Lara Durães Sette |
| Grantee: | Lara Durães Sette |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil |
| City of the host institution: | Rio Claro |
| Associated researchers: | Adalberto Pessoa Junior ; André Rodrigues ; Eleni Gomes ; Fernando Carlos Pagnocca ; Henrique Ferreira ; Maria das Graças de Almeida Felipe ; Mauricio Bacci Junior ; Milene Ferro ; Rafaella Costa Bonugli Santos |
Abstract
The microorganisms that inhabit poorly explored and/or extreme ecological niches are potential sources for the discovery of new natural products with specific properties for biotechnological applications. Previous studies related to the Antarctic and marine microbial prospecting revealed the potential of these organisms to the production of active enzymes in salinity conditions or at mild temperatures, which can be applied to various sectors of economic importance, as well as to the degradation of environmental pollutants. Thus, this project aims to continue the studies related to the fungi derived from marine environments from Brazilian coast and terrestrial and marine environments from Antarctic ecosystems, by performing new researches related to the production of enzymes (ligninases, xylanases, lipases, proteases, cellulases and L-asparaginase) and by advancing in the studies related to their characterization, up scaling and technological applications. For that end, the focus of the present study will be filamentous fungi and yeasts that were isolated and selected in projects funded by FAPESP, CNPq and the European Community. These microbial resources are preserved in the research collections associated to the Brazilian Collection of Environment and Industrial Microorganisms (CBMAI) from CPQBA/UNICAMP and to the Central of Microbial Resources from UNESP (CRM-UNESP). The results obtained in this project may derive patents related to the production and application of enzymes in industrial and environmental processes. (AU)
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