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Diversity and biogeography of marine actinobacteria.
Current opinion in microbiology - 1 Jun 2006
Ward Alan C, Bora Nagamani
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The actinomycetes, although not all the Actinobacteria, are easy to isolate from the marine environment. However, their ecological role in the marine ecosystem is largely neglected and various assumptions meant there was little incentive to isolate strains for search and discovery of new drugs. However, the marine environment has become a prime resource in search and discovery for novel natural products and...
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