Anaerobic bacteria as producers of antibiotics

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-67

  Behnken, Swantje ^a   Hertweck, Christian ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Antibiotics; Closthioamide; Clostridium; Genome mining; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBES; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS GENES; CELLULOSE DEGRADING BACTERIA; CLOSTHIOAMIDE; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; GENOME MINING; GENOME SEQUENCES; HUMAN HEALTH; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENES; METABOLITES;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CELLULOSE; CLOSTHIOAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; GENOME; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM;

EID: 84866041465     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4285-8     Document Type: Review

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