Article
Roles of secondary metabolites from microbes.
Ciba Foundation symposium - 1 Jan 1992
Vining L C
Abstract excerpt
The common feature of the seemingly diverse array of biological activities exhibited by microbial secondary metabolites is their survival value for the producing organism. The propensity to form these compounds is unevenly distributed in microbial taxa and seems more closely associated with existence in a competitive environment than with phylogeny. The characteristic multibranched elaboration of secondary...
Topics
- Bacteria
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic