High Potential for Secondary Metabolite Production of Paracoccus marcusii CP157, Isolated From the Crustacean Cancer pagurus.

ABSTRACT: Secondary metabolites are key components in microbial ecology by mediating interactions between bacteria and their environment, neighboring species or host organisms. Bioactivities can be beneficial for both interaction partners or provide a competitive advantage only for the producer. Colonizers of confined habitats such as biofilms are known as prolific producers of a great number of bioactive secondary metabolites and are a potential source for novel compounds. We investigated the strain Paracoccus marcusii CP157, which originates from the biofilm on the carapace of a shell disease-affected Cancer pagurus specimen, for its potential to produce bioactive secondary metabolites. Its closed genome contains 22 extrachromosomal elements and several gene clusters potentially invo

SUBMITTER: Leinberger J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8273931 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature