The Search for Biological Active Agent(s) From Actinobacteria

• Main Author: Learn-Han Lee (auth)
• Other Authors: Kok-Gan Chan (auth), Bey-Hing Goh (auth), Elizabeth M. H. Wellington (auth), Jem Stach (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); actinobacteria; terrestrial; drug discovery; next generation; Streptomyces; marine; bioactive
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

There is a large market demand for new drugs. The existing chronic or common ailments without cures, development of new diseases with unknown causes, and the widespread existence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, have driven this field of research further by looking at all potential sources of natu...