Essays about: "rare-actinomycetes"

Found 2 essays containing the word rare-actinomycetes.

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

3. 2. Isolating microorganisms from marine and marine-associated samples : a targeted search for novel natural antibiotics

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Microbiology

   Author : Tua Lilja; [2013]
   Keywords : antibiotics; natural products; marine microorganisms; isolation methods; actinomycetes; rare actinomycetes; whole-cell screening; antimicrobials; antibiotic resistance;

   Abstract : The search for antibiotic compounds from the natural environment has been going on for seven decades, ever since penicillin entered the market and antibiotic treatments became routine. The evolutionary pressure put on the pathogenic microorganisms induced a rapid spreading of naturally occurring resistance genes, leaving only the option of finding new antibiotics to treat the resistant pathogens. READ MORE