Marine bacterial secondary metabolites: A treasure house for structurally unique and effective antimicrobial compounds

R Srinivasan, A Kannappan, C Shi, X Lin - Marine Drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance reduces the effectiveness of antimicrobial drugs
in preventing and treating infectious diseases caused by pathogenic organisms, such as …

Streptomyces Bacteria as Potential Probiotics in Aquaculture

LTH Tan, KG Chan, LH Lee, BH Goh - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In response to the increased seafood demand from the ever-going human population,
aquaculture has become the fastest growing animal food-producing sector. However, the …

The Potential of Streptomyces as Biocontrol Agents against the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae (Pyricularia oryzae)

JWF Law, HL Ser, TM Khan, LH Chuah… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Rice is a staple food source for more than three billion people worldwide. However, rice is
vulnerable to diseases, the most destructive among them being rice blast, which is caused …

Streptomyces as a Prominent Resource of Future Anti-MRSA Drugs

HM Kemung, LTH Tan, TM Khan, KG Chan… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pose a significant health threat as they
tend to cause severe infections in vulnerable populations and are difficult to treat due to a …

Anticancer drug discovery from microbial sources: The unique mangrove streptomycetes

JWF Law, LNS Law, V Letchumanan, LTH Tan… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Worldwide cancer incidence and mortality have always been a concern to the community.
The cancer mortality rate has generally declined over the years; however, there is still an …

Biodiversity of secondary metabolites compounds isolated from phylum actinobacteria and its therapeutic applications

MM Al-Shaibani, RMS Radin Mohamed, NM Sidik… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current review aims to summarise the biodiversity and biosynthesis of novel secondary
metabolites compounds, of the phylum Actinobacteria and the diverse range of secondary …

Emerging applications of bacteria as antitumor agents

VC Kalia, SKS Patel, BK Cho, TK Wood… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacteria are associated with the human body and colonize the gut, skin, and mucous
membranes. These associations can be either symbiotic or pathogenic. In either case …

Growth Promotion and Disease Suppression Ability of a Streptomyces sp. CB-75 from Banana Rhizosphere Soil

Y Chen, D Zhou, D Qi, Z Gao, J Xie, Y Luo - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
An actinomycete strain, CB-75, was isolated from the soil of a diseased banana plantation in
Hainan, China. Based on phenotypic and molecular characteristics, and 99.93% sequence …

Taxonomy and Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Activity of Streptomyces sp. SCA3-4 Isolated From Rhizosphere Soil of Opuntia stricta

D Qi, L Zou, D Zhou, Y Chen, Z Gao, R Feng… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Actinobacteria are important producers of bioactive compounds. Extreme ecosystems cause
evolution of novel secondary metabolic pathways of Actinobacteria and increase the …

Antimicrobial biosynthetic potential and diversity of culturable soil actinobacteria from forest ecosystems of Northeast India

P Sharma, D Thakur - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Actinobacteria is a goldmine for the discovery of abundant secondary metabolites with
diverse biological activities. This study explores antimicrobial biosynthetic potential and …