Cyanobacteria from benthic mats of Antarctic lakes as a source of new bioactivities

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-115

  Biondi, N ^a   Tredici, M R ^a,f   Taton, A ^b   Wilmotte, A ^b   Hodgson, D A ^c   Losi, D ^d   Marinelli, F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Vicuron Pharmaceuticals   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^f Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic lakes; Antibiotics; Antitumours; Bioactivity; Cyanobacteria; Mass cultivation; Microbial mats; Screening

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA; BIOACTIVITY; CULTIVATION; LAKES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STRAIN;

ANTARCTIC LAKE; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-TUMORS; ANTIBIOTIC ACTIVITY; ANTITUMOUR ACTIVITY; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; MASS CULTIVATION; MICROBIAL MATS; NOVEL ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BENTHOS; BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AIR; ANTARCTICA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRRADIATION; LAKE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHYLOGENY; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANTARCTICA;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CYANOBACTERIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 44849111226     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03716.x     Document Type: Article

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