Marine microorganisms continue to be a source of structurally and biologically novel
compounds with potential use in the biotechnology industry. The unique physiochemical …

While the oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth's surface, marine derived microbial
natural products have been largely unexplored. The marine environment is a habitat for …

Covering: 2000 to June 2010 The years 2000 through mid-2010 marked a transformational
period in understanding of the biosynthesis of marine natural products. During this decade …

Natural products play an important role in drug development, among which marine natural
products are an underexplored resource. This review summarizes recent developments in …

Deliberately breaking with the classical biology-centered description of marine organisms
and their products, this reference emphasizes microbial technology over basic biology …

This is a mini-review demonstrating that investigation of the genomics of marine microbes
from all three domains has the potential to revolutionize the search for secondary …

The historical paradigm of the deep ocean as a biological 'desert'has shifted to one of a
'rainforest'owing to the isolation of many novel microbes and their associated bioactive …

This review presents an account of the microbial biodiscovery methodology developed and
applied in our laboratory at The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience …

One of the aspects of marine biotechnology is bioprospecting: the search for new natural
compounds that can be used as novel pharmaceuticals, healthcare products, agrichemicals …

Marine microorganisms have become an important point of study in the search for novel
microbial products. Today, both academic and industrial interest in marine microorganisms …