Microbial natural products have provided an important source of therapeutic leads and
motivated research and innovation in diverse scientific disciplines. In recent years, it has …

In recent years, research in the field of Microbial Ecology has revealed the tremendous
diversity and complexity of microbial communities across different ecosystems. Microbes …

Natural products (NPs) are considered as a cornerstone for the generation of bioactive leads
in drug discovery programs. However, one of the major limitations of NP drug discovery …

Actinomycetes are a rich source of bioactive natural products important for novel drug leads.
Recent genome mining approaches have revealed an enormous number of secondary …

Microorganisms produce numerous secondary metabolites (SMs) with various biological
activities. Many of their encoding gene clusters are silent under standard laboratory …

This review summarizes the recent advances in the elicitation approaches used to activate
the actinomycete genome's cryptic secondary metabolite gene clusters and shows the …

Filamentous microorganisms are potent sources of bioactive secondary metabolites, the
molecules formed in response to complex environmental signals. The chemical diversity …

Fungal species have the capability of producing an overwhelming diversity of bioactive
substances that can have beneficial but also detrimental effects on human health. These so …

Microbial mixed cultures are gaining increasing attention as biotechnological production
systems, since they offer a large but untapped potential for future bioprocesses. Effects of …

Microbial secondary metabolites play crucial roles in microbial competition, communication,
resource acquisition, antibiotic production, and a variety of other biotechnological …