Endophytic fungi (EF) are a group of fascinating host-associated fungal communities that
colonize the intercellular or intracellular spaces of host tissues, providing beneficial effects to …

Metabolic engineering can have a pivotal role in increasing the environmental sustainability
of the transportation and chemical manufacturing sectors. The field has already developed …

Microbial secondary metabolites (MSMs) have played and continue to play a highly
significant role in the drug discovery and development process. Genetically, MSM chemical …

Covering: up to early 2011 Streptomycetes and other actinobacteria are renowned as a rich
source of natural products of clinical, agricultural and biotechnological value. They are being …

Over the last five decades, the overuse of antibiotics has led to widespread resistance in
pathogenic bacteria. This resistance, combined with slow progress in designing new …

Oceans have borne most of the biological activities on our planet. A number of biologically
active compounds with varying degrees of action, such as anti-tumor, anti-cancer, anti …

Selected microbial strains used as active ingredients of biopesticides for agricultural
management practices (eg, IPM, Integrated Pest Management) are known for their ability to …

Background Long-read sequencing has shown its tremendous potential to address genome
assembly challenges, eg, achieving the first telomere-to-telomere assembly of a gapless …

Production of the microbial pigments is one of the emerging fields of research due to a
growing interest of the industry for safer products, easily degradable and eco-friendly. Fungi …

Since the onset of microbiology in the late 19th century, scientists have been growing
microorganisms almost exclusively as pure cultures, resulting in a limited and biased view of …