Actinomycetes in Marine and Extreme Environments: Unexhausted Sources for Microbial Biotechnology [Hardcover]

This book brings together expert actinomycetologists to communicate the importance of finding novel antibiotic producing actinomycetes in extreme and marine environments in the light of molecular advances.

Sponge Symbiotic Actinomycetes as Sources of Novel Bioactive Compounds: Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Examples. Actinomycetes from Tropical Marine Environments of Thailand and their Biotechnological Applications. Nocardiae Associated with Foaming Coastal Marine Waters of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Actinomycetes in Thermal Ecosystems. Entering Poorly Charted Waters: The Biology of the Filamentous Acid-Loving Actinomycetes and Acidimicrobia. A Retrospect on Actinomycete Diversity, Novelty and Secondary Metabolites Isolated from Deserts of China. Multi-Metal Tolerant Actinomycetes from Tin Tailings of an Ex-Mining Area. Extremotolerant Rhodococcus as an Important Resource for Environmental Biotechnology. Dereplication of the Termite Gut-associated Actinomycete Metabolome as a Source of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites. Removal of Termite-associated Antifungal Streptomycete Defence Barrier using Streptophages for Successful Implementation of Biological Control Fungi. Diversity and Biotechnological Potential of Actinomycetes in Arid Lands of Mongolia.

Dr. Kurtb?kes experiences in the field of biodiscovery with actinomycetes date back to 1982 when she was first involved in the large-scale production of antibiotic gentamicin in Eczac1ba_1 0la? A.^. in 0stanbul, T?rkiye. Subsequently she was at the University of Milan in Italy (198386) for graduate research followed by a Ph.D. at the University of Liverpool, UK (1990). Her most significant contribution has been the development of a novel isolation technique that selectively cultures rare actinomycetes with industrial importance which was adopted and applied by leading pharmaceutical companies since the 1990s. Since taking up her first post-doctoral posilCˆ