Microbial co-culture: Harnessing intermicrobial signaling for the production of novel antimicrobials

Future Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 575-578

  Moody, Suzy C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antibiotic discovery; co culture; fungal ecology; secondary metabolites; signaling; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFEROXAMINE; LACCASE; MYCOLIC ACID; PACLITAXEL; POLYSACCHARIDE; STREPTOMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; VOLATILE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COCULTURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HEALTH; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULE; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRUG DISCOVERY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84903314895     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.14.25     Document Type: Review

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