Abstract: The lives of people have been better since the discovery of
medicines. Experts were able to discover a cure for even a few chronic diseases like
cancer. Scientific studies from multiple areas, including biology, chemistry, and
biotechnology, have created a diverse array of solutions to the issues faced by humans
in health and medicine. The usage of microorganisms to make valuable products that
are important to treat various diseases and improve people's lives by using it in many
industrial levels like food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural sectors has made microbial
species that include bacteria and fungus, etc., ever-demanding. Research studies from
the past few decades proved that many bacteria, including myxobacteria, have been
used as a potent source for deriving lots of compounds that could be useful for humans
like antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer agents, and enzymes that can degrade
cellulose, protein, etc. Since it's a proteobacterium commonly found in organic dwells
and swamps, it would be feasible to cultivate this bacterial species to produce chemical
compounds with more incredible industrial applications. This review will explain why
myxobacterium is considered a potential source for the production of industrially
important enzymes and many other beneficial secondary metabolites. Also, this review
will shed light on various ways to screen and characterize the myxobacterial population
to produce cellulolytic enzymes.
Keywords: Cellulase, Enzyme, Myxobacteria, Proteobacteria, Secondary
Metabolites.
