Endophytic and Epiphytic Microbes as Sources of Bioactive Agents

Beginning with the report by Stierle and Strobel in 1993 on taxol(R) production by an endophytic fungus 1, it is possible that a number of the agents now used as leads to treatments of diseases in man, are not produced by the plant or invertebrate host from which they were first isolated and identif...

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Main Authors: David J. Newman, Gordon M. Cragg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Chemistry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fchem.2015.00034/full