Hidden Treasures: Microbial Natural Product Biosynthesis off the Beaten Path

Friederike Biermann; Eric J. N. Helfrich

doi:10.1128/mSystems.00846-21

mSystems (Aug 2021)

Hidden Treasures: Microbial Natural Product Biosynthesis off the Beaten Path

Friederike Biermann,
Eric J. N. Helfrich

Affiliations

Friederike Biermann: Institute for Molecular Bio Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Eric J. N. Helfrich: ORCiD; Institute for Molecular Bio Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00846-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4

Abstract

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Microbes produce structurally diverse natural products to interact with their environment. Many of the biosynthetic products involved in this “metabolic small talk” have been exploited for the treatment of various diseases.

Published in mSystems

ISSN: 2379-5077 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msystems

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