1) Industrial Enzyme Discovery and Development

• Discovery and development of enzymes with bioremediation capacity:

           Enzymes studied by our group: lignin peroxidase, laccase, xylanase, protease, keratinase.

• Discovery and development of enzymes capable of biobleaching:

           Enzymes studied by our group: lignin peroxidase, laccase, xylanase, feruloyl esterase.

• Discovery and development of enzymes for the Food Industry:

           Enzymes studied by our group: Glucose isomerase, amylase, pullulanase, keratinase.

• Discovery and development of enzymes for the leather and detergent industry:

           Enzymes studied by our group: Protease, keratinase, lipase/esterase, xylanase.

2) New bacteria hunting

    Identification of numerous thermophilic and mesophilic new bacterial species of industrial importance
 

3) New plasmid hunting

    Scanning and characterizing the plasmid contents of thermophilic and mesophilic bacteria and bringing them to the literature