Mining the deep Red-Sea brine pool microbial community for anticancer therapeutics

• Main Authors: Luke Esau (Author), Guishan Zhang (Author), Sunil Sagar (Author), Ulrich Stingl (Author), Vladimir B. Bajic (Author), Mandeep Kaur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Microbial species in the brine pools of the Red Sea and the brine pool-seawater interfaces are exposed to high temperature, high salinity, low oxygen levels and high concentrations of heavy metals. As adaptations to these harsh conditions require a large suite of secondary metabo...