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Table 1 Natural products from mangrove microorganisms and their biotechnological applications

From: Biodiversity and biotechnological potential of microorganisms from mangrove ecosystems: a review

Natural product

Sources

Application

Reference

Xylanolytic enzyme

Aspergillus niger, A. aculeatus, A. awamori, A. fumigates, Penicillium brasilianum, Chaetomium thermophile, Humicola insolens, Humicola lanuginosa, Humicola grisea, Melanocarpus albomyces and Bacillus sp.

Paper manufacturing, animal feed, bread making, juice and wine industries and xylitol production

Polizeli et al. 2005

Phyllacoid, agar, carrageenan and alginate

Codium fragile, C. latum, C. dwarkense, C. tomentosum

Blood anticoagulant

Shanmugam and Mody 2000; Srivastava and Kulshreshtha 1989

Ethyl acetate extract, broth extract

Fungi

Biopesticide

Xiao et al. 2005; Chen et al. 1893

Polyketide synthases (PKSs)

Halophilic bacteria

Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites such as Erythromycin, Rapamycin, Tetracycline, Lovastatin and Resveratrol

Ventosa and Nieto 1995

Catalase, peroxidase, oxidase, polyphenol oxidase and ascorbic acid oxidase

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, P. alcaligenes, Methylococcus sp.

Industrial application

Mishra 2010

Amylase, protease, esterase and lipases

Vibrionales, Actinomycetales and Bacillales

Industrial application

Armando et al. 2009

Phytase

Bacillus circulans, B. licheniformis, B. pantothenicus

Industrial application

Joseph and Paul Raj 2007

Lipopeptides and glycolipids

Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Bio-surfactant

Pornsunthorntawee et al. 2008.

Auranticins A and B.

Preussia aurantiaca

Antimicrobial

Poch and Gloer 1989

Aigialomycins A-E, hypothemycin

Fungus, Aigialus parvus BCC 5311

Antimicrobial

Isaka et al. 2002

Secondary metabolites

Actinomycetes

Anti-tumor, anti-cancer and anti-infection properties

Hong et al. 2009

Xyloketals A (1), B (2), C (3), D (4), and E (5)

Xylaria sp.

Inhibitor of acetylcholine esterase (bioactive compound)

Lin et al. 2001

Isoflavone and prostaglandin analog

Phomopsis sp., Paecilomyces sp., Sargassum sp., Halorosellinia sp.

Anti-cancer

Tao et al. 2010

Poly aromatic hydrocarbon and oil degrading enzyme

Pseudomonas, Shewanella, Sphingomonas, Arthrobacter Pseudomonas, Marinobacter, Alcanivorax, Microbulbifer, Sphingomonas, Micrococcus, Cellulomonas, Dietzia and Gordonia

Bioremediation

Desai et al. 2010; Brito et al. 2006; Ramsay et al. 2000; Yu et al. 2005; Ke et al. 2003; Ventosa et al. 1998; Mishra et al. 2011

Laccase

Basidiomycetes

Bioremediation

D’souza et al. 2006; Sabu 2003

Phosphatase

B. licheniformis, Chryseomonas luteola, Pseudomonas stutzeri, Aspergillus niger etc.

Agriculture

Vazquez et al. 2000; Gyaneshwar et al. 1998

L-Asparaginase

Halococcus

Industrial

Sudha 1981

Xylanase, ligninase

Aspergillus niger and Phlebia sp.

Industrial

Li et al. 2002

Biosurfactant

Leucobacter, B. subtillis, P. aeruginosa,

Industrial

Saimmai et al. 2011

Enniating G

Fusarium sp.

Antimicrobial

Lin et al. 2002a

Enalin A & B

Verruculina enalia

Antimicrobial

Lin et al. 2002b

2-Pyronone derivative

Nocardia sp.

Bioactive compound

Lin et al. 2001

Azapilones, P-terphenyles, shearinines D-K

Penicillium sp.

Bioactive compound

Huang et al. 2011; Xu et al 2007

β-Carboline, adenosine, 8-hydroxyl-3, 5-dimethyl- isochroman-1-one

Fungi

Antitumor

Song et al. 2004