Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2014, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (12): 40-46.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2014.12.007

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Myxobacteria :Natural Pharmaceutical Factories

Zhao Tingfeng, Gong Guoli   

  1. (College of Life Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an 710021)
  • Received:2014-05-12 Online:2014-12-08 Published:2014-12-12

Abstract: In recent years, drug development of myxobacteria and its resistant metabolic products has become one of the hot topics of researches study. Myxobacteria is an kind of important natural products producer. There is rich diversity in both the chemical structure and biological activity of these secondary metabolites. The diversity and broad-spectrum activity of metabolites have great potential in drug development field. This review describes the unique cell behavior in myxobacteria and its outstanding ability of producing secondary metabolites, and also expounds the progress of epothilone drug development. Finally, we discuss the potential of developing myxobacterial secondary metabolites into new drugs.

Key words: Myxobacteria, Secondary metabolites, Epothiones, Drug discovery