Recent advances in the heterologous expression of biosynthetic gene clusters for marine natural products

Y Xu, X Du, X Yu, Q Jiang, K Zheng, J Xu, P Wang - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Marine natural products (MNPs) are an important source of biologically active metabolites,
particularly for therapeutic agent development after terrestrial plants and nonmarine …

Advances in biosynthesis of natural products from marine microorganisms

Q Zhou, K Hotta, Y Deng, R Yuan, S Quan, X Chen - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural products play an important role in drug development, among which marine natural
products are an underexplored resource. This review summarizes recent developments in …

Genome sequencing and multifaceted taxonomic analysis of novel strains of violacein-producing bacteria and non-violacein-producing close relatives

ME De León, HS Wilson, G Jospin… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Violacein is a water-insoluble violet pigment produced by various Gram-negative bacteria.
The compound and the bacteria that produce it have been gaining attention due to the …