Book chapter
Bioactive Actinomycetes: Reaching Rarity Through Sound Understanding of Selective Culture and Molecular Diversity
Microbial Resources: From Functional Existence in Nature to Applications, pp.45-76
Academic Press
2017
Abstract
The pioneering discoveries from actinomycetes not only ensured that they were prolific sources for biodiscoveries but also sparked global interest on these organisms. Labor intensive years resulted in the detection and isolation of many species of this group of bacteria but also created the libraries of these organisms which subsequently generated contemporary taxon-specific data. Molecular advances are now changing the scene to provide information on the diversity and functions of these organisms in natural ecosystems, but culturability is still an important aspect of biodiscovery to address to satisfy the needs of industry. These advances together with the application of highly specific isolation methods, generated via in-depth analysis of emerging molecular and metagenomic data, will provide a sound basis for culturability. This chapter will overview the past efforts, which resulted in the isolation of a significant number of genera and species belonging to actinomycetes, as well as describing the impact of current advances on the improved design of objective and target-directed selective isolation techniques enabling the isolation of new and industrially important species of the order. © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title
- Bioactive Actinomycetes: Reaching Rarity Through Sound Understanding of Selective Culture and Molecular Diversity
- Authors
- D Ipek Kurtboke (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Contributors
- D Ipek Kurtboke (Editor)
- Publication details
- Microbial Resources: From Functional Existence in Nature to Applications, pp.45-76
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1016/B978-0-12-804765-1.00003-5
- ISBN
- 9780128047651
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; GeneCology Research Centre - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451236302621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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