Advances in Marine Microbial Symbionts in the China Sea and Related Pharmaceutical Metabolites
Marine animals and plants such as sponges, sea squirts, corals, worms and algae host diverse and abundant symbiotic microorganisms. Marine microbial symbionts are possible the true producers or take part in the biosynthesis of some bioactive marine natural products isolated from the marine organism...
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| description | Marine animals and plants such as sponges, sea squirts, corals, worms and algae host diverse and abundant symbiotic microorganisms. Marine microbial symbionts are possible the true producers or take part in the biosynthesis of some bioactive marine natural products isolated from the marine organism hosts. Investigation of the pharmaceutical metabolites may reveal the biosynthesis mechanisms of related natural products and solve the current problem of supply limitation in marine drug development. This paper reviews the advances in diversity revelation, biological activity and related pharmaceutical metabolites, and functional genes of marine microbial symbionts from the China Sea. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2da717ae7cf4caeb3f814a71a2bd4012022-12-22T03:59:11ZengMDPI AGMarine Drugs1660-33972009-04-017211312910.3390/md7020113Advances in Marine Microbial Symbionts in the China Sea and Related Pharmaceutical MetabolitesZhiyong LiMarine animals and plants such as sponges, sea squirts, corals, worms and algae host diverse and abundant symbiotic microorganisms. Marine microbial symbionts are possible the true producers or take part in the biosynthesis of some bioactive marine natural products isolated from the marine organism hosts. Investigation of the pharmaceutical metabolites may reveal the biosynthesis mechanisms of related natural products and solve the current problem of supply limitation in marine drug development. This paper reviews the advances in diversity revelation, biological activity and related pharmaceutical metabolites, and functional genes of marine microbial symbionts from the China Sea.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/7/2/113/Marine microbial symbiontsdiversitybiological activitynatural productsgene |
| spellingShingle | Zhiyong Li Advances in Marine Microbial Symbionts in the China Sea and Related Pharmaceutical Metabolites Marine Drugs Marine microbial symbionts diversity biological activity natural products gene |
| title | Advances in Marine Microbial Symbionts in the China Sea and Related Pharmaceutical Metabolites |
| title_full | Advances in Marine Microbial Symbionts in the China Sea and Related Pharmaceutical Metabolites |
| title_fullStr | Advances in Marine Microbial Symbionts in the China Sea and Related Pharmaceutical Metabolites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advances in Marine Microbial Symbionts in the China Sea and Related Pharmaceutical Metabolites |
| title_short | Advances in Marine Microbial Symbionts in the China Sea and Related Pharmaceutical Metabolites |
| title_sort | advances in marine microbial symbionts in the china sea and related pharmaceutical metabolites |
| topic | Marine microbial symbionts diversity biological activity natural products gene |
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