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Secondary Metabolites from Marine Endophytic Fungi: Emphasis on Recent Advances in Natural Product Research

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The data presented in this review presents knowledge on secondary metabolites isolated from algae in marine habitats, coral and sponge-associated endophytic fungi with a special emphasis on secondary metabolite production.
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The marine environment is endowed with novel and rich sources of structural and functional metabolites that have prospective biomedical applications. Several marine plants, algae, and invertebrates are known to have a huge number of fungal endophytes. Until now, only a few marine-derived fungal endophytes have been identified as producers of bioactive secondary metabolites compared to the inhabitants of higher plants. These fungal endophytes were recently documented to produce a plethora of signature molecules for exploitation in industry, agriculture, and medicine. Endophytic fungi associated with marine hosts are acquiring increasing importance as promising sources of structural and biological natural products. This review presents knowledge on secondary metabolites isolated from algae in marine habitats, coral and sponge-associated endophytic fungi with a special emphasis on secondary metabolite production. The data presented in this review presents knowledge on secondary metabolites isolated from algae in marine habitats, coral and sponge-associated endophytic fungi.

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Metabolomic study of marine Streptomyces sp.: Secondary metabolites and the production of potential anticancer compounds

TL;DR: In this article, the marine Streptomyces sp. BRB081 strain was grown in six different media settings over 1, 2, 3 or 7 days and the genome was sequenced, assembled and mined to search for biosynthetic gene clusters (BGC) of secondary metabolites using the AntiSMASH 5.0 software.
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Molecular characterization of marine fungi associated with Haliclona sp. (sponge) and Turbinaria conoides and Sargassum portierianum (brown algae)

TL;DR: The Mauritian waters harbour micro-organisms that have successfully adapted to their environment; however, the mycobiota associated with algae and sponges have been poorly studied and are awaiting to be identified and exploited.
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TL;DR: It is shown that bacterial communities of deep water masses of the North Atlantic and diffuse flow hydrothermal vents are one to two orders of magnitude more complex than previously reported for any microbial environment.
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TL;DR: The short history, specific features and future prospects of research of microbial metabolites, including antibiotics and other bioactive metabolites, are summarized.
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Fungal Endophytes in Stems and Leaves: From Latent Pathogen to Mutualistic Symbiont

George C. Carroll
- 01 Feb 1988 - 
TL;DR: It is surmised that endophytes may be as common among plants as are mycorrhyzae, and inducible mutualists grow rapidly and produce toxins against herbivores when damaged host tissues provide new sites for infection.
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Endophytic fungi: a source of novel biologically active secondary metabolites*

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the role of the endophyte and its biologically active metabolites in its association with its host and found that a higher proportion of the fungal endophytes, in contrast to the soil isolates, inhibited at least one of the test organisms for antialgal and herbicidal activities.
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