Bioprospecting for Microbial Endophytes and Their Natural Products

Bioprospecting for microbial endophytes and their natural products.

Endophytic microorganisms are to be found in virtually every plant on earth. These organisms reside in the living tissues of the host plant and do so in a variety of relationships, ranging from symbiotic to slightly pathogenic. Because of what appears to be their contribution to the host plant, the endophytes may produce a plethora of substances of potential use to modern medicine, agriculture,...

Biopiracy of natural products and good bioprospecting practice.

BACKGROUND Biopiracy mainly focuses on the use of biological resources and/or knowledge of indigenous tribes or communities without allowing them to share the revenues generated out of economic exploitation or other non-monetary incentives associated with the resource/knowledge. METHODS Based on collaborations of scientists from five continents, we have created a communication platform to dis...

marine microbial natural products

Marine Microbial Natural Products

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Microbial β‐lactone natural products

Microbial b-lactone natural products An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in microbial biotechnology. Obafluorin is an antimicrobial b-lactone compound produced by the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens. In this study, the compound was synthesized, analysed chemically and tested for biological activity. The triedimycins are a class of spiro b-lactones. They are n...