Tapping the biotechnological potential of insect microbial symbionts: new insecticidal porphyrins.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The demand for sustainable agricultural practices and the limited progress toward newer and safer chemicals for use in pest control maintain the impetus for research and identification of new natural molecules. Natural molecules are preferable to synthetic organic molecules because they are biodegradable, have low toxicity, are often selective and can be applied at low concentrations. Microbes are one source of natural insecticides, and microbial insect symbionts have attracted attention as a source of new bioactive molecules because these microbes are exposed to various selection pressures in their association with insects. Analytical techniques must be used to isolate and characterize new compounds, and sensitive analytical tools such as mass spectrometry and high-reso

SUBMITTER: Martinez AFC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5488367 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature