Essays about: "diterpene synthases"

Found 1 essay containing the words diterpene synthases.

  1. 1. Isolation of antibiotic producing microorganisms by screening for antibiotic resistance

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Microbiology

    Author : Emma Nordenfjäll; [2014]
    Keywords : antibiotics; secondary metabolites; antibiotic resistance; isolation methods; rare-actinomycetes; unexplored ecological niches; diterpene synthases; non-ribosomal peptide synthases; type I polyketide synthases; type II polyketide synthases;

    Abstract : The worldwide use of antibiotics has rapidly increased since the discovery of the secondary metabolite penicillin made by Alexander Fleming in 1928. Since then, thousands of useful secondary metabolites of microbial origin have been discovered. About 80 % of these substances originate from Actinomycetes and in particularly Streptomyces species. READ MORE