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