A5104421796- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
University of Warwick
2024-2025
Abstract Microorganisms synthesize small bioactive compounds through their secondary or specialized metabolism. Those play an important role in microbial interactions and soil health, but are also crucial for the development of pharmaceuticals agrochemicals. Over past decades, advancements genome sequencing have enabled identification large numbers biosynthetic gene clusters directly from genomes. Since its inception 2011, antiSMASH (https://antismash.secondarymetabolites.org/), has become...
Mycosporine glycine (MyG) was produced by the fermentation of a purposely engineered bacterial strain and isolated from this sustainable source. The ultrafast spectroscopy MyG then investigated in its native, zwitterionic form (MyGzwitter), via femtosecond transient electronic absorption spectroscopy. Complementary nonadiabatic (NAD) simulations suggest that, upon photoexcitation to lowest excited singlet state (S1), MyGzwitter undergoes efficient nonradiative decay repopulate ground (S0)....