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Novel antibacterial proteins from the microbial communities associated with the sponge Cymbastela concentrica and the green alga Ulva australis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2011
Yung Pui Yi, Burke Catherine, Lewis Matt, Kjelleberg Staffan, Thomas Torsten
Abstract excerpt
The functional metagenomic screening of the microbial communities associated with a temperate marine sponge and a green alga identified three novel hydrolytic enzymes with antibacterial activities. The results suggest that uncultured alpha- and gammaproteobacteria contain new classes of proteins that may be a source of antibacterial agents.
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