Eric J N

May 4, 2023 | academic.oup.com | Molecular Biotechnology |Bioinformatics Group |van Wezel |Eric J N

Microorganisms produce small bioactive compounds as part of their secondary or specialised metabolism. Often, such metabolites have antimicrobial, anticancer, antifungal, antiviral or other bio-activities and thus play an important role for applications in medicine and agriculture. In the past decade, genome mining has become a widely-used method to explore, access, and analyse the available biodiversity of these compounds.