| Literature DB >> 13680389 |
José R Tormo1, Juan B García, Mar DeAntonio, Julia Feliz, Aurora Mira, M Teresa Díez, Pilar Hernández, Fernando Peláez.
Abstract
The manipulation of growth conditions of microorganisms is a common strategy used by pharmaceutical companies to improve the quantities and spectra of secondary metabolites with potential therapeutic interest. In this work, the effects of fermentation media on secondary metabolite production from a set of Actinomycetes was statistically compared. For this purpose, we created an automated method for comparing the ability of microorganisms to produce different secondary metabolites. HPLC analyses guided the selection of those media in which a wider chemical diversity was obtained from microorganisms inoculated in a wide spectrum of production media. Fermented media yielding a better secondary metabolite profile were included in subsequent drug discovery screening.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 13680389 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-003-0084-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol ISSN: 1367-5435 Impact factor: 3.346