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Review
. 2014 Sep;14(6):813-25.
doi: 10.1111/1567-1364.12158. Epub 2014 May 21.

Marine yeast isolation and industrial application

Abdelrahman Saleh Zaky  1 , Gregory A Tucker, Zakaria Yehia Daw, Chenyu Du
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Review

Marine yeast isolation and industrial application

Abdelrahman Saleh Zaky et al. FEMS Yeast Res. 2014 Sep.
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Abstract

Over the last century, terrestrial yeasts have been widely used in various industries, such as baking, brewing, wine, bioethanol and pharmaceutical protein production. However, only little attention has been given to marine yeasts. Recent research showed that marine yeasts have several unique and promising features over the terrestrial yeasts, for example higher osmosis tolerance, higher special chemical productivity and production of industrial enzymes. These indicate that marine yeasts have great potential to be applied in various industries. This review gathers the most recent techniques used for marine yeast isolation as well as the latest applications of marine yeast in bioethanol, pharmaceutical and enzyme production fields.

Keywords: biofuel; enzyme; isolation; marine yeast; pharmaceuticals; seawater.

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The commonly used samplers for deep seawater sampling. (a) Niskin sampler (http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/darwin/instrument/mirai/e), (b) Van Dorn sampler (http://www.kc-denmark.dk/products/water-sampler/van-dorn-water-sampler.aspx) and (c) Kemmerer sampler (http://www.rickly.com/as/kemmerer.htm).
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