Reprint

Marine Microbial Diversity as a Source of Bioactive Natural Products

Edited by
June 2020
146 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03936-182-3 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03936-183-0 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Marine Microbial Diversity as a Source of Bioactive Natural Products that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Chemistry & Materials Science
Medicine & Pharmacology
Summary
A trillion different microbial species have been evolving for some 3.5 billion years, producing ever more complex active secondary metabolites. The sea is a cauldron of a great diversity of useful and valuable compounds. This Special Issue focused on studies of marine microbe natural products for discovering compounds useful to humankind. Papers were collected that provide up-to-date information regarding the characterization of marine microbes’ metabolic diversity and the evaluation of the therapeutic potential of marine microbes’ metabolites. Most of the articles in this book deal with marine fungi, biological and chemical diversity, and their active metabolites. This may be a sign that marine fungi have been under studied to date and are perceived by many researchers as an important source of discovery in this field. A best practices guide for the isolation of marine fungi from different matrixes and their conservation is also presented. The comparison of the phylogenetic and metabolomic profiles of microalgae from different lineages provides novel insights into the potential of chemotaxonomy in marine phytoplankton, showing a good overlap of phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic signals.
Format
  • Paperback
License and Copyright
© 2020 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
thiodiketopiperazines; Geosmithia pallida; deep-sea-derived fungus; antioxidant; biological control; ecological role; gentisyl alcohol; multi-gene phylogeny; tyrosinase inhibition; marine fungi; isolation; culturing; identification; natural products; secondary metabolites; isocoumarin; tryptamine; Botryosphaeria ramose; antifungal activity; carotenoids; optimization; red yeast; Rhodotorula sp.; marine-derived Aspergillus fumigatus; spiro-heterocyclic γ-lactam; cephalimysins; ophiobolins; marine fungus; Aspergillus flocculosus; anti-proliferation; biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC); indole-diketopiperazine; Penicillium brasilianum; cytotoxicities; fungal community; marine fungi; phylogenetic analysis; saltwork; tidal flat; chemotaxonomy; phylogeny; mamiellales; galactolipids; betaine lipids; xanthophylls; n/a

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