Marine Cyanobacteria: A Source of Lead Compounds and their Clinically-Relevant Molecular Targets [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 The prokaryotic filamentous marine cyanobacteria are photosynthetic microbes that are found in diverse marine habitats, ranging from epiphytic to endolithic communities.
Lik Tong Tan, Ma Yadanar Phyo
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Recent Reports on Bioactive Compounds from Marine Cyanobacteria in Relation to Human Health Applications [PDF]
Life, 2023 The ocean is a valuable natural resource that contains numerous biologically active compounds with various bioactivities. The marine environment comprises unexplored sources that can be utilized to isolate novel compounds with bioactive properties ...
R. M. T. D. Perera +3 more
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Review of Marine Cyanobacteria and the Aspects Related to Their Roles: Chemical, Biological Properties, Nitrogen Fixation and Climate Change [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2023 Marine cyanobacteria are an ancient group of photosynthetic microbes dating back to 3.5 million years ago. They are prolific producers of bioactive secondary metabolites.
Hesham R. El-Seedi +11 more
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Synthetic biology in marine cyanobacteria: Advances and challenges [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The current economic and environmental context requests an accelerating development of sustainable alternatives for the production of various target compounds.
Barbara Bourgade, Karin Stensjö
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Marine Cyanobacteria as Sources of Lead Anticancer Compounds: A Review of Families of Metabolites with Cytotoxic, Antiproliferative, and Antineoplastic Effects [PDF]
Molecules, 2022 The marine environment is highly diverse, each living creature fighting to establish and proliferate. Among marine organisms, cyanobacteria are astounding secondary metabolite producers representing a wonderful source of biologically active molecules ...
Benjamín Robles-Bañuelos +4 more
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A Multi-Omics Characterization of the Natural Product Potential of Tropical Filamentous Marine Cyanobacteria [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2021 Microbial natural products are important for the understanding of microbial interactions, chemical defense and communication, and have also served as an inspirational source for numerous pharmaceutical drugs.
Tiago Leão +20 more
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Marine Cyanobacteria: A Rich Source of Structurally Unique Anti-Infectives for Drug Development [PDF]
MoleculesMarine cyanobacteria represent a promising yet underexplored source of novel natural products with potent biological activities. Historically, the focus has been on isolating cytotoxic compounds from marine cyanobacteria, but a substantial number of ...
Lik Tong Tan, Nurul Farhana Salleh
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Anoxia-adapted cyanobacteria in a marine blue hole [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyVertical transmission of marine particles brings ocean surface cyanobacteria into the deep ocean, where heterotrophic cyanobacterial lineages probably evolve to adapt to new environments even in oxygen-depleted zones.
Zhuobo Li +4 more
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Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2021 An integrated approach on uranium adsorption and emulsification of oils was evaluated using extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) of a marine unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus BDU130911. EPS gel of S. elongatus BDU130911 was able to adsorb
Vijayaragavan Rashmi +5 more
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Biology, 2021 Discharge of recalcitrant azo dyes to the environment poses a serious threat to environmental health. However certain microorganisms in nature have developed their survival strategies by degrading these toxic dyes. Cyanobacteria are one such prokaryotic,
ShylajaNaciyar Mohandass +5 more
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