Natural products are widely employed in our daily lives as food additives, pharmaceuticals,
nutraceuticals, and cosmetic ingredients, among others. However, their supply has often …

The microbiome actually deals with micro‐organisms that are associated with indigenous
body parts and the entire gut system in all animals, including human beings. These …

One of the key drivers for successful metabolic engineering in microbes is the efficacy by
which genomes can be edited. As such there are many methods to choose from when …

Natural products from fungi represent an important source of biologically active metabolites
notably for therapeutic agent development. Genome sequencing revealed that the number …

Microorganisms have become an increasingly important platform for the production of drugs,
chemicals, and biofuels from renewable resources. Advances in protein engineering …

Of more than 200,000 plant natural products known to date, many demonstrate important
pharmacological activities or are of biotechnological significance. However, isolation from …

Covering: up to 2013The heterologous expression of microbial natural product biosynthetic
pathways coupled with advanced DNA engineering enables optimisation of product yields …

Covering: up to 2015 Multienzyme polyketide synthases (PKSs) are molecular-scale
assembly lines which construct complex natural products in bacteria. The underlying …

Covering up to end 2015 Microbial fermentation provides an attractive alternative to
chemical synthesis for the production of structurally complex natural products. In most cases …

Methylotrophy is the ability to use reduced one-carbon compounds, such as methanol, as a
single source of carbon and energy. Methanol is, due to its availability and potential for …