The rate of production of methane in many environments depends upon mutualistic
interactions between sulfate‐reducing bacteria and methanogens. To enhance our …

Background Photosynthetic organisms convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into numerous
metabolites along the pathways to make new biomass. Aquatic photosynthetic organisms …

Saccharopolyspora erythraea is used for the industrial-scale production of the antibiotic
erythromycin A, derivatives of which play a vital role in medicine. The sequenced …

Streptomyces species continue to attract attention as a source of novel medicinal
compounds. Despite a long history of studies on these microorganisms, they still have many …

There is considerable interest in mining organisms for new natural products (NPs) and in
improving methods to overproduce valuable NPs. Because of the rapid development of tools …