Overview
- This new subseries sets the scientific stage for the development of new drugs, materials and insights into the biology of marine organisms
Part of the book series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology (PMSB, volume 37)
Part of the book sub series: Marine Molecular Biotechnology (MMB)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Sponges (phylum Porifera) are known to be very rich sources for bioactive compounds, mainly secondary metabolites. Main efforts are devoted to cell- and mariculture of sponges to assure a sustainable exploitation of bioactive compounds from biological starting material. These activities are flanked by improved technologies to cultivate bacteria and fungi which are associated with the sponges. It is the hope that by elucidating the strategies of interaction between microorganisms and their host (sponge), by modern cell and molecular biological methods, a more comprehensive cultivation of the symbiotic organisms will be possible. The next step in the transfer of knowledge to biotechnological applications is the isolation, characterization and structural determination of the bioactive compounds by sophisticated chemical approaches.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sponges (Porifera)
Editors: Werner E. G. Müller
Series Title: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55519-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-00968-9Published: 11 July 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62471-1Published: 21 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-55519-0Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0079-6484
Series E-ISSN: 2197-8484
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 258
Topics: Animal Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Biotechnology