Mechanism-Based Approach to New Antibiotic Producers Screening among Actinomycetes in the Course of the Citizen Science Project

• Main Authors: Inna A. Volynkina (Author), Yuliya V. Zakalyukina (Author), Vera A. Alferova (Author), Albina R. Belik (Author), Daria K. Yagoda (Author), Arina A. Nikandrova (Author), Yuliya A. Buyuklyan (Author), Andrei V. Udalov (Author), Evgenii V. Golovin (Author), Maxim A. Kryakvin (Author), Dmitrii A. Lukianov (Author), Mikhail V. Biryukov (Author), Petr V. Sergiev (Author), Olga A. Dontsova (Author), Ilya A. Osterman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Since the discovery of streptomycin, actinomycetes have been a useful source for new antibiotics, but there have been diminishing rates of new finds since the 1960s. The decreasing probability of identifying new active agents led to reduced interest in soil bacteria as a source for new antibiotics....