Current approaches to exploit actinomycetes as a source of novel natural products

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-389

  Genilloud, Olga ^a   González, Ignacio ^a   Salazar, Oscar ^b   Martín, Jesus ^a   Tormo, José Rubén ^a   Vicente, Francisca ^a  

^a Fundacion MEDINA   (Spain)

^b ZELTIA Group   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Dereplication; Drug discovery; Microfermentation; Natural products

Indexed keywords

AMFOMYCIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMYCIN A3; CASPOFUNGIN; CEPHAMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHROMOCYCLOMYCIN; CINERUBIN; COSMOMYCIN D; DACTINOMYCIN; DEFEROXAMINE MESYLATE; ECHINOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLAVOFUNGIN; GELDANAMYCIN; GENISTEIN; HELIQUINOMYCIN AGLYCONE; HYGROLIDIN; MEVINOLIN; MONENSIN; MYCOSUBTILIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NIGERICIN; NORCARDAMINE; NOVOBIOCIN; PLATENSIMYCIN; PUROMYCIN; RUDOLFOMYCIN; THIENAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ADAMANTANE; AMINOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANILIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMADURA; ACTINOPLANES; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; AMYCOLATOPSIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROMONOSPORA; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDONOCARDIA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCES; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG INDUSTRY; FERMENTATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SPAIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS);

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADAMANTANE; AMINOBENZOIC ACIDS; ANILIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FERMENTATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; SPAIN;

EID: 79955716262     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-010-0882-7     Document Type: Review

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