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William Fenical

Researcher at University of California, San Diego

Publications -  591
Citations -  36313

William Fenical is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Streptomyces & Laurencia. The author has an hindex of 97, co-authored 578 publications receiving 34003 citations. Previous affiliations of William Fenical include University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & University of Concepción.

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Anthracimycin, a Potent Anthrax Antibiotic from a Marine-Derived Actinomycete.

TL;DR: The human infectious disease anthrax is caused by the sporeforming, Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis and has also been used as a bioterrorism weapon as mentioned in this paper.
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Marine actinomycete taxon for drug and fermentation product discovery

TL;DR: Salinospora gen. nov as mentioned in this paper is a genus of actinomycete that displays an obligate requirement of seawater (Na + ) for growth and unique 16S rRNA signature nucleotides.
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Diterpenoid feeding deterrents from the Pacific green alga Pseudochlorodesmis furcellata

TL;DR: Results from these ecological assays support the proposal that chemical defenses effectively reduce grazing on P. furcellata by herbivorous fishes.