Discovery of an Abundance of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Shark Bay Microbial Mats

Discovery of an Abundance of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Shark Bay Microbial Mats

Microbial mats are geobiological multilayered ecosystems that have significant evolutionary value in understanding the evolution of early life on Earth. Shark Bay, Australia has some of the best examples of modern microbial mats thriving under harsh conditions of high temperatures, salinity, desicca...

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Main Authors: Ray Chen, Hon Lun Wong, Gareth S. Kindler, Fraser Iain MacLeod, Nicole Benaud, Belinda C. Ferrari, Brendan P. Burns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
biosynthetic gene cluster
microbial mat
secondary metabolite
natural product
genome mining
metagenomics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01950/full

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