Discovery of Microbial Natural Products
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: streptomyces; actinomycetes; amycolatopsis; natural products; secondary metabolites; bioactive compounds
Interests: marine natural products; structure elucidation of natural products; antibacterial and anti-cancer natural products
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Special Issue Information
There is a rich variety of microorganism species, and the number of cultured microorganisms is estimated to only account for about 10% of all microorganisms on Earth. These small organisms produce novel chemical structures that are not found in plants and organisms capable of movement. Microbial natural products have displayed a diversity of compounds, leading to the discovery of drug candidates with beneficial biological activities.
In recent years, advances in biotechnology, such as the activation of various biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) which had remained silent for decades, have enabled the production of novel compounds from microorganisms. Our objective is to focus on the discovery of structurally and biologically novel microbial compounds and their potential in drug development. As the Guest Editors of this Special Issue, we welcome high-quality reviews or research articles on topics including, but not limited to, the following: microbial natural products; structural determination; microorganisms; drug candidates; bioactive secondary metabolites; and microbial biotechnology.
Prof. Dr. Yun Kwon
Dr. Sang-Jip Nam
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microbial natural products
- determination of structure
- microorganism
- drug candidate
- bioactive secondary metabolites
- microbial biotechnology
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