Diversity of secondary metabolites from marine bacillus species: Chemistry and biological activity

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2846-2872

  Mondol, Muhammad Abdul Mojid ^a   Shin, Hee Jae ^b   Islam, Mohammad Tofazzal ^c  

^a BANGLADESH OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Biopesticides; Biosynthesis; Carotenoids; Detoxification; Macrolactins

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ANTEISO C17 FENGYCIN B; BACILLAMIDE; BACILLISTATIN 1; BACILLISTATIN 2; BACILOSARCIN A; BASILISKAMIDE A; BASILISKAMIDE B; BOGOROL A; CAROTENOID; HALOBACILLIN; HEAVY METAL; IEODOGLUCOMIDE A; ISO C16 FENGYCIN B; LIPOPEPTIDE; LOLOATIN B; MACROLACTIN S; MACROLACTIN V; METHYL HALOBACILLIN; MIXIRIN A; MIXIRIN B; MIXIRIN C; MOJAVENSIN A; NATURAL PRODUCT; PESTICIDE; POLYKETIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; TUPUSELEIAMIDE A; TUPUSELEIAMIDE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREMEDIATION; CANCER INHIBITION; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IC 50; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; REVIEW; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY;

EID: 84883803133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11082846     Document Type: Review

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