Spotlight
on a new area of microbiology and antimicrobials: the SeaBioTech project.
The
SeaBioTech project, started in 2012, is intended
to close some of these knowledge gaps by looking in the seas and oceans around
the globe for life forms with novel properties. The aim is to find raw material
for the world's biotechnology industry, with a particular emphasis on
antibiotics and other medical compounds.
The
plan is for the project to sample organisms from a wide range of marine
environments, ranging from the cold Atlantic sea off Scotland to the
volcanically-active region near the Mediterranean island of Santorini.
Posted by Tim Sandle
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