Anthracyclines: biosynthesis, engineering and clinical applications

MB Hulst, T Grocholski, JJC Neefjes… - Natural Product …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: January 1995 to June 2021 Anthracyclines are glycosylated microbial natural
products that harbour potent antiproliferative activities. Doxorubicin has been widely used as …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance in biofilms: Exploring marine actinobacteria as a potential source of antibiotics and biofilm inhibitors

N Goel, SW Fatima, S Kumar, R Sinha, SK Khare - Biotechnology Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the serious global public health threats that require
immediate action. With the emergence of new resistance mechanisms in infection-causing …

Compendium of specialized metabolite biosynthetic diversity encoded in bacterial genomes

A Gavriilidou, SA Kautsar, N Zaburannyi, D Krug… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bacterial specialized metabolites are a proven source of antibiotics and cancer therapies,
but whether we have sampled all the secondary metabolite chemical diversity of cultivated …

Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces

K Fan, H Chu, DJ Eldridge, JJ Gaitan, YR Liu… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
While the contribution of biodiversity to supporting multiple ecosystem functions is well
established in natural ecosystems, the relationship of the above-and below-ground diversity …

[HTML][HTML] Important ecophysiological roles of non-dominant Actinobacteria in plant residue decomposition, especially in less fertile soils

Y Bao, J Dolfing, Z Guo, R Chen, M Wu, Z Li, X Lin… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Microbial-driven decomposition of plant residues is integral to carbon
sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. Actinobacteria, one of the most widely distributed …

[HTML][HTML] A genomic catalogue of soil microbiomes boosts mining of biodiversity and genetic resources

B Ma, C Lu, Y Wang, J Yu, K Zhao, R Xue… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Soil harbors a vast expanse of unidentified microbes, termed as microbial dark matter,
presenting an untapped reservoir of microbial biodiversity and genetic resources, but has …

Extreme summers impact cropland and grassland soil microbiomes

Q Bei, T Reitz, B Schnabel, N Eisenhauer… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The increasing frequency of extreme weather events highlights the need to understand how
soil microbiomes respond to such disturbances. Here, metagenomics was used to …

Plant microbiomes harbor potential to promote nutrient turnover in impoverished substrates of a Brazilian biodiversity hotspot

AP Camargo, RSC de Souza, J Jose… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The substrates of the Brazilian campos rupestre s, a grassland ecosystem, have extremely
low concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen, imposing restrictions to plant growth …

[HTML][HTML] Biosynthetic gene cluster profiling predicts the positive association between antagonism and phylogeny in Bacillus

L Xia, Y Miao, A Cao, Y Liu, Z Liu, X Sun, Y Xue… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding the driving forces and intrinsic mechanisms of microbial competition is a
fundamental question in microbial ecology. Despite the well-established negative …

[HTML][HTML] Streptomyces polyketides mediate bacteria–fungi interactions across soil environments

MKC Krespach, MC Stroe, T Netzker, M Rosin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Although the interaction between prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms is crucial for
the functioning of ecosystems, information about the processes driving microbial interactions …