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Review
. 2010 Sep;3(5):544-63.
doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00179.x. Epub 2010 May 23.

Bioactive compounds from marine bacteria and fungi

Abdessamad Debbab  1 , Amal H Aly, Wen H Lin, Peter Proksch
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Review

Bioactive compounds from marine bacteria and fungi

Abdessamad Debbab et al. Microb Biotechnol. 2010 Sep.

Abstract

Marine bacteria and fungi are of considerable importance as new promising sources of a huge number of biologically active products. Some of these marine species live in a stressful habitat, under cold, lightless and high pressure conditions. Surprisingly, a large number of species with high diversity survive under such conditions and produce fascinating and structurally complex natural products. Up till now, only a small number of microorganisms have been investigated for bioactive metabolites, yet a huge number of active substances with some of them featuring unique structural skeletons have been isolated. This review covers new biologically active natural products published recently (2007-09) and highlights the chemical potential of marine microorganisms, with focus on bioactive products as well as on their mechanisms of action.

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