Filamentous fungi from extreme environments as a promising source of novel bioactive secondary metabolites

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Chávez, Renato ^a   Fierro, Francisco ^b   García Rico, Ramón O ^c   Vaca, Inmaculada ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PAMPLONA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Extreme environments; Filamentous fungi; Genome mining; Metagenomics; Natural products; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ASPOQUINOLONE A; AZACITIDINE; FUNGAL DNA; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; NYGERONE A; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TRICHOSTATIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORINOSTAT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EPIGENETICS; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84946706156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00903     Document Type: Article

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