The Occurrence of Bioactive Micromonosporae in Aquatic Habitats of the Sunshine Coast in Australia

Glen P Eccleston; Peter R Brooks; D Ipek Kurtboke

doi:10.3390/md6020243

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The Occurrence of Bioactive Micromonosporae in Aquatic Habitats of the Sunshine Coast in Australia

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The Occurrence of Bioactive Micromonosporae in Aquatic Habitats of the Sunshine Coast in Australia

Glen P Eccleston, Peter R Brooks and D Ipek Kurtboke

Marine Drugs, Vol.6(2), pp.243-261

2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/md6020243

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Abstract

Actinomycetes

Micromonosporae

bioactive compounds

Gentamicin

aquatic habitats

Screening strategies based on the ecological knowledge of antibiotic producing microorganisms and their roles in the natural environment are being increasingly employed in the search for novel antibiotic agents. Micromonosporae are common inhabitants of aquatic habitats and have proved to be a continuing source of novel bioactive compounds including antibacterial and antitumor agents. The ecological distribution and frequency of bioactive micromonosporae in Sunshine Coast region aquatic habitats were studied through a range of selective isolation procedures designed to negatively select against the isolation of unwanted microbial taxa commonly associated with marine environments. It was revealed that bioactive compound producing species of micromonosporae were present in the aquatic habitats of the Sunshine Coast region in Australia.

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Title: The Occurrence of Bioactive Micromonosporae in Aquatic Habitats of the Sunshine Coast in Australia
Authors: Glen P Eccleston (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Peter R Brooks (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
D Ipek Kurtboke (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Publication details: Marine Drugs, Vol.6(2), pp.243-261
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2008
DOI: 10.3390/md6020243
ISSN: 1660-3397
Copyright note: Copyright © 2008 by the author(s); licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449535002621
Output Type: Journal article

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