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The Hidden Treasure: Marine Microbiome as Repository of Bioactive Compounds

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Marine-associated microbiome is known as a hub for novel chemistry and biology by producing interesting pharmacophores. Thus, in the area of natural product drug discovery, contribution and attention toward marine natural product investigation is a growing trend. The rapid swift in exploring the sea for harvest untapped plethora of marine resources to investigate associated microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and cyanobacteria are facilitated by technological advances. This chapter discusses the importance of chemical diversity of the marine microbiome in the natural product drug discovery pipeline giving specific reported examples of promising marine-derived bioactive candidates, as well as intriguing strategies to ramp up the discovery of pharmacologically inspiring secondary metabolites out of the marine microbial biosynthesis process.

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Thissera, B. et al. (2022). The Hidden Treasure: Marine Microbiome as Repository of Bioactive Compounds. In: Stal, L.J., Cretoiu, M.S. (eds) The Marine Microbiome. The Microbiomes of Humans, Animals, Plants, and the Environment, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90383-1_17

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