Acyl carrier protein (ACP) is a small lipid carrier protein involved in fatty acid biosynthesis and in the solubilization of fats to make them metabolically available. The molecule is difficult to obt...
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Microorganisms adapted to grow in exceptionally harsh environments, such as hot springs and arctic soils, are a potentially vast source of novel metabolic processes, antibiotics, enzymes and other pro...
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Cultured microorganisms produce an extraordinary array of structurally diverse and valuable organic compounds; however, microbes that can be brought into culture by standard techniques represent only ...
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Cultured microorganisms produce an extraordinary array of structurally diverse and valuable organic compounds; however, microbes that can be cultured using standard techniques represent only a small f...
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Microorganisms adapted to grow in exceptionally harsh environments, such as hot springs and arctic soils, are a potentially vast source of novel metabolic processes, antibiotics, enzymes and other pro...
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Microorganisms adapted to grow in exceptionally harsh environments, such as hot springs and arctic soils, are a potentially vast source of novel metabolic processes, antibiotics, enzymes and other pro...
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Actinomycetes, which are Gram-positive filamentous bacteria, produce the majority of known antibiotics. Fungus-growing Attine ants engage in a mutualistic association with actinomycetes to defend thei...
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Cultured microorganisms produce an extraordinary array of structurally diverse and valuable organic compounds; however, microbes that can be cultured using standard techniques represent only a small f...
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Cultured microorganisms produce an extraordinary array of structurally diverse and valuable organic compounds; however, microbes that can be cultured using standard techniques represent only a small f...
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Quorum sensing is a process used by some bacteria to coordinate behavior based on local population density. To communicate, bacteria release signaling molecules into the environment. When a certain nu...
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