Editorial: The Search for Biological Active Agent(s) From Actinobacteria

Learn-Han Lee^{1

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4}, Kok-Gan Chan^{5

6}, Jem Stach⁷, Elizabeth M H Wellington⁸, Bey-Hing Goh^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
² Biofunctional Molecule Exploratory Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
³ Biomedical Research Laboratory, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
⁴ Center of Health Outcomes Research and Therapeutic Safety, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand.
⁵ International Genome Centre, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
⁶ Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁷ School of Natural & Environment Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
⁸ School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Learn-Han Lee et al. Front Microbiol. 2018.

. 2018 May 1:9:824.

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00824. eCollection 2018.

Learn-Han Lee^{1

2

3

4}, Kok-Gan Chan^{5

6}, Jem Stach⁷, Elizabeth M H Wellington⁸, Bey-Hing Goh^{1

2

3

4}

¹ Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
² Biofunctional Molecule Exploratory Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
³ Biomedical Research Laboratory, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
⁴ Center of Health Outcomes Research and Therapeutic Safety, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand.
⁵ International Genome Centre, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
⁶ Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁷ School of Natural & Environment Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
⁸ School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.

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Keywords: Streptomyces; actinobacteria; bioactive; genome; marine; soil.

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Editorial on the Research Topic The Search for Biological Active Agent(s) From Actinobacteria

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