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Published on: September 13, 2022
Natural product diversity of actinobacteria in the Atacama Desert
Mostafa E Rateb1, Rainer Ebel2, Marcel Jaspars2
1School of Science & Sport, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK. mostafa.rateb@uws.ac.uk.
Abstract:
The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is considered one of the most arid and extreme environment on Earth. Its core region was described as featuring "Mars-like" soils that were at one point deemed too extreme for life to exist. However, recent investigations confirmed the presence of diverse culturable actinobacteria. In the current review, we discuss a total of 46 natural products isolated to date representing diverse chemical classes characterized from different actinobacteria isolated from various locations in the Atacama Desert. Their reported biological activities are also discussed.
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