Journal article
Antibiotics and specialized metabolites from the human microbiota
Abstract
Covering: 2000 to 2017Decades of research on human microbiota have revealed much of their taxonomic diversity and established their direct link to health and disease. However, the breadth of bioactive natural products secreted by our microbial partners remains unknown. Of particular interest are antibiotics produced by our microbiota to ward off invasive pathogens. Members of the human microbiota exclusively produce evolved small molecules with …
Authors
Mousa WK; Athar B; Merwin NJ; Magarvey NA
Journal
Natural Product Reports, Vol. 34, No. 11, pp. 1302–1331
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Publication Date
November 15, 2017
DOI
10.1039/c7np00021a
ISSN
0265-0568