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Application of Extremophiles in the Area of Bioenergy

Published in Pratibha Dheeran, Sachin Kumar, Extremophiles, 2022

Alkaliphile are the microorganisms which grow and function very efficiently at basic environmental condition with pH 9 or above but their growth cease at neutral pH. Alkaliphiles generally include prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and archaea. Alkaliphiles are generally found in a normal environmental condition such as garden soil, high pH hotsprings, shallow hydrothermal system, and sewage. Unlike acidophiles, the cellular activity of alkaliphiles involves H+ influx to drive ATP synthesis. Alkaliphiles secrete alkaline cellulases and/or alkaline proteases which has applications in biological detergent industries.

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Published in Textile Progress, 2020

H. Morris, R. Murray

One must also consider laundering of the uniforms and whether this should be undertaken in a professional laundering facility or whether it can be undertaken at home. It has been shown that a 10 minute wash at 60 °C with the addition of either a biological or non-biological detergent was effective in removing MRSA from experimentally-contaminated swatches and that low levels of recontamination of uniforms could be effectively removed by (hot) ironing [592].

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