Discovery of an Antarctic Ascidian-Associated Uncultivated Verrucomicrobia with Antimelanoma Palmerolide Biosynthetic Potential

Publication

Citation

Murray et al. (2021). mSphere 6 (6)

Names (1)

“Synoicihabitans palmerolidicus”

Subjects

Microbiology Molecular Biology

Abstract

Palmerolide A has potential as a chemotherapeutic agent to target melanoma. We interrogated the microbiome of the Antarctic ascidian, Synoicum adareanum , using a cultivation-independent high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatic strategy.

Authors

Murray, Alison E.; Lo, Chien-Chi; Daligault, Hajnalka E.; Avalon, Nicole E.; Read, Robert W.; Davenport, Karen W.; Higham, Mary L.; Kunde, Yuliya; Dichosa, Armand E. K.; Baker, Bill J.; Chain, Patrick S. G.

Publication date

2021-12-22

DOI

10.1128/msphere.00759-21