Marine bacterial diversity as a resource for novel microbial products |
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Authors: | P R Jensen W Fenical |
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Affiliation: | (1) Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California-San Diego, 92093 La Jolla, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | Marine bacteria are an important and relatively unexplored resource for novel microbial products. In this review, we discuss a number of issues relevant to the industrial potential of marine microorganisms including how marine and terrestrial bacteria differ, both physiologically and taxonomically, and what constitute reasonable expectations of the biosynthetic capabilities of marine bacteria relative to terrestrial bacteria and to marine macroorganisms. Also discussed is the concept that bacterial associations with marine plants and animals, which range from casual encounters to obligate symbioses, provide unique opportunities for bacterial adaptation. It is proposed that some of these adaptations would not be selected for in the absence of environmental parameters associated with the host, and that these adaptations can include the biosynthesis of unique metabolic products. |
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Keywords: | marine bacteria bacterial diversity microbial products |
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