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Bioprospecting of cultivable actinobacteria from tropical peat swamp forest soil reveals Streptomyces with potent antimicrobial activity

Aug 2026 · Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · Vol 119 · 0 citations · 56 references
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It is demonstrated that tropical peat swamp forest soils represent a valuable and underexplored reservoir of bioactive actinobacteria with promising antimicrobial potential and highlights the importance of peatland ecosystems as sources of novel microbial metabolites that may contribute to future pharmaceutical and biotechnological developments.

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