Collection of Biosynthetic Genes from Marine Microbes

Dear Colleagues,

Oceans cover a majority of the earth’s surface, providing habitats for diverse marine life, including abundant marine microbes. The exponential growth of their genome sequences has revealed untapped and unparalleled biosynthetic potential. To contribute to marine microbiology and natural product fields, the goal of this Special Issue is to collect fast-growing genomic information related to the biosynthesis of marine-origin natural products. This includes (but is not limited to) the following topics:

• Biosynthetic gene cluster and its products that incorporate halogen or sulfur atoms;
• Metagenomics as an essential tool to unravel biosynthetic genes of unculturable marine microbes;
• The exploration of biosynthetic genes from deep ocean-dwelling microbes;
• Biosynthetic machinery from marine symbiotic microbes;
• Biosynthetic pathways in eukaryotes.

I believe that advancing biosynthetic knowledge through the use of marine microbes will enable us to fully explore the microbial world. We look forward to your manuscript submissions in the form of original research articles or reviews.

Dr. Hindra Hindra
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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• natural product
• biosynthesis
• genome mining
• heterologous expression
• metagenomics
• feeding experiments