Table 2.

Recent patents on thermophiles and their potential applications

S. no	Topic	Patent number and date	Application	References
1	Single step bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels using extreme thermophilic bacteria	US2014/0363869 A1 December 11, 2014	Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels	Curvers et al. (2014)
2	Thermophilic bacterium and uses of extracellular proteins therefrom	US 8828238 B2 September 9, 2014	Excellent metal ion binding ability	Han et al. (2014)
3	Fermentation of moderately thermophilic Bacilli on sucrose	US 8,663,954 B2 March 4, 2014	Genetic modification of moderately thermophilic Bacillus strain to utilise sucrose as a carbon source	Van Kranenburg et al. (2014)
4	Bioremediation of persistent organic pollutants using thermophilic bacteria	US 2014/0042087 A1 February 13, 2014	Degradation of organic pollutants	O’Driscoll et al. (2014)
5	Phytase-producing bacteria, phytase and production method of phytase	US 6,180,390 B1 January 30, 2001	Role in animal feeding, environmental protection, human nutrition and health and industrial applications.	Chu et al. (2001)
6	Process for producing modified microorganisms for oil treatment at high temperatures, pressures and salinity	US 5492828A February 20, 1996	Used in microbial enhanced oil recovery	Eugene et al. (1996)