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Bioactive Peptides from Protein-Rich Waste
Waste is produced by agro-industries from plant products and animal products in large quantities. This waste, although an economically viable source...
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Transcriptomics Reveals the Mechanism of Purpureocillium lilacinum GZAC18-2JMP in Degrading Keratin Material
Microbial degradation of keratin is characterized by its inherent safety, remarkable efficiency, and the production of copious degradation products....
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Keratin hydrolysates: a sustainable product in biotechnology sectors by microbial conversion
The increasing population and demand for food and feed have increased the urge to find protein sources from waste products. Due to poor management of...
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Enhancement of feather degrading keratinase of Streptomyces swerraensis KN23, applying mutagenesis and statistical optimization to improve keratinase activity
In this study, 25 actinomyces isolates were obtained from 10 different poultry farms and tested for their keratinase activity. The isolate with the...
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Village chicken production and food security: a two-decade bibliometric analysis of global research trends
BackgroundThe present study aimed to reveal outputs of research works on village chicken production as a tool to combat food insecurity, taking into...
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Keratin hydrolysate improves the production of commercially valuable metabolites
In the integration of the circular economy, keratin hydrolysis is essential for preventing keratin accumulation in the environment and offers...
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Isolation and Biochemical Properties of Extremophilic Keratinase from Bacillus cereus FC1365
Keratinases secreted by microorganisms belong to proteolytic enzymes with unique characteristics to efficiently degrade tough, fibrous, and...
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Waste to Feed: An Emerging Technology to Improve Aquaculture in Africa
As a result of globalization, the quantity and generation rate of solid waste in Africa have increased tremendously. This calls for the need to...
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Degradation of tannery hide raw trimming hairs using keratinolytic bacteria isolated from tannery effluent-contaminated soil
The disposal of keratinous wastes produced by several leather industries is evolving into a global problem. Around 1 billion tonnes of keratin waste...
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The feather degradation mechanisms of a new Streptomyces sp. isolate SCUT-3
Feather waste is the highest protein-containing resource in nature and is poorly reused. Bioconversion is widely accepted as a low-cost and...
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Sustainable Production and Comparative Liquid Phase Exfoliation of Onion Peel-Doped Sugarcane Bagasse Hybrid Biochar
Liquid-phase exfoliation offers a promising avenue for enhancing biochar properties and applications, addressing the scalability and cost concerns...
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Fungal Keratinases: Enzymes with Immense Biotechnological Potential
Fungal enzymes are vital for various biotechnological processes and their impact is going to be felt much more in coming years. Fungal enzymes such...
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Agricultural Lignocellulosic Waste to Biofuels
It is important to accept the truth that the human population is going to upsurge continuously at least for the next few decades. The increasing...
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The flexible linker and CotG were more effective for the spore surface display of keratinase KERQ7
Feather, horn, hoof, and other keratin waste are protein-rich but limited by natural keratinase synthesis, activity, pH, and temperature stability....
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Keratinolytic enzyme-mediated biodegradation of recalcitrant poultry feathers waste by newly isolated Bacillus sp. NKSP-7 under submerged fermentation
Microbial and enzymatic degradation of keratin waste is more preferred over various conventional approaches which are costly and not environmentally...
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Identification and characterization of a versatile keratinase, KerZJ, from Stenotrophomonas sp. LMY
Keratinases have drawn increasing attention in recent decades owing to their catalytic versatility and broad applications from agriculture to...
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Biochemical characterization of a surfactant-stable keratinase purified from Proteus vulgaris EMB-14 grown on low-cost feather meal
ObjectivesThe bioaccumulation of keratinous wastes from poultry and dairy industries poses a danger of instability to the biosphere due to resistance...
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Recombinant expression and biochemical characterization of a novel keratinase BsKER71 from feather degrading bacterium Bacillus subtilis S1-4
Bacillus subtilis S1-4, isolated from chicken feather could efficiently degrade feathers by secreting several extracellular proteases. In order to...
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Genome sequence analysis and characterization of Bacillus altitudinis B12, a polylactic acid- and keratin-degrading bacterium
Keratin-rich wastes, mainly in the form of feathers, are recalcitrant residues generated in high amounts as by-products in chicken farms and food...
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Strategical isolation of efficient chicken feather–degrading bacterial strains from tea plantation soil sample
Chicken feather waste is generally insufficiently utilized despite its high content of protein, constituting an environmental issue. Biodegradation...
