Review Article
Metagenomics: An Application Based Perspective
Table 1
Biocatalysts screened from metagenomic libraries by function-based approach.
| Function | Habitat | Library type | Substrate | Reference |
| Alkaline pectate lyase | Soil | Plasmid | Pectin | [41] | Amylase | Soil | Cosmid | Starch | [43] | -amylase | Soil | Fosmid | Starch | [44] | Cellulase | Soil | Plasmid | Carboxymethyl-cellulose | [15] | Cellulase | Soil | Fosmid | Hydroxyethyl cellulose | [14] | Endocellulase | Soil | Plasmid | Carboxymethyl-cellulose | [13] | Endoglucanase | Rice straw compost | λ phage | Carboxymethyl-cellulose | [12] | Lipase | Marine sediment | Plasmid | p-Nitrophenyl (pNP) esters | [22] | Lipase | Marine sponge (Haliclonasimulans) | Fosmid | Tributyrin agar | [25] | Lipase | | Fosmid | p-Nitrophenyl (pNP) esters | [26] | Lipase | Soil | Fosmid | Tributyrin agar | [27] | Lipase | Sediment | Fosmid | Triolein | [29] | Pectinase | Lagoon | Plasmid | Polygalacturonic acid | [40] | Protease | Soil | Plasmid | Azocasein | [36] | Serine proteases | Soil | Plasmid | Skim milk agar | [66] | Xylanase/endoglucanase | Sand Yak rumen | Cosmid | Xylan/CMC | [30] | Xylanase | | Fosmid | Birch wood xylan | [31] | Xylanase | Holstein cattle | Fosmid | Xylan | [32] | Xylanase | rumen | Plasmid | Xylan | [23] | Xylanase | Compost soil Rumen | BAC | Oat spelt xylan | [34] |
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