Diversity and bioactivity of actinomycetes from Signy Island terrestrial soils, maritime Antarctic

• Published in: Advances in Polar Science
• Main Authors: Pan, Shing Yi, Tan, Geok Yuan Annie, Convey, Peter, Pearce, David, Tan, Irene
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China 2013
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; The Antarctic; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Polar Science
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/16959/; https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1085.2013.00208

The Antarctic represents a largely untapped source for isolation of new microorganisms with potential to produce bioactive natural products. Actinomycetes are of special interest among such microorganisms as they are known to produce a large number of natural products, many of which have clinical, p...