Advances in Natural Products of Marine Thraustochytrids
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editor
Interests: encapsulated; physical stability and antioxidant activity; marine microorganisms (isolation and culture); microbial lipidic compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thraustochytrids are natural producers of high-value lipid compounds (fatty acids, pigments, and antioxidants), and some strains are used for production on an industrial scale. The synthesis of these compounds depends highly on the strain and culture conditions. Knowledge of metabolic pathways and their regulation will contribute to process optimization. Although thraustochytrida are known because of their lipid accumualtion capacity their ubiquitous presence in the marine enviroment may suggest undiscovery characteristics.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the production and applications of natural metabolites and cell components of marine thraustochytrids. Research papers and reviews focusing on topics such as the isolation and characterization of novel strains, the biosynthesis of natural metabolites, and application of lipid compounds in the development of products and drugs are welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue.
Dr. Carolina Shene
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine natural products
- bioactive natural products
- thraustochytrid metabolism
- cultivation conditions
- fatty acids
- carotenoids
- neutral and polar lipids
- marine proteins
- sulfated polysaccharides
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