R. Kerr

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Natural Products: Their Chemistry and Biological Significance
  • R. Kerr
  • Biology
  • Economic Botany
  • 1 July 1995
cultural specialization. American Anthropologist 51:199-212. Lovejoy, T. E., R. O. Bierregaard, Jr., J. R. Rylands, J. R. Malcolm, C. E. Quintela, L. H. Harper, K. S. Brown, Jr., A. H. Powell, G. V.… Expand
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Exploring the diversity and metabolic potential of actinomycetes from temperate marine sediments from Newfoundland, Canada
Marine sediments from Newfoundland, Canada were explored for biotechnologically promising Actinobacteria using culture-independent and culture-dependent approaches. Culture-independent pyrosequencing… Expand
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Pseudopterosin biosynthesis in Symbiodinium sp., the dinoflagellate symbiont of Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae.
Investigations are reported that identify the biosynthetic source and origins of the pseudopterosins, pharmacologically important diterpene glycosides, in the gorgonian coral Pseudopterogorgia… Expand
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Identification of anti-inflammatory diterpenes from the marine gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae
Analysis of the terpene metabolites of Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae collected from the Florida Keys has resulted in the identification of a novel hydroxyquinone, elisabethadione (1), as well as new… Expand
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Description of Endozoicomonas euniceicola sp. nov. and Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola sp. nov., bacteria isolated from the octocorals Eunicea fusca and Plexaura sp., and an emended description of the…
Two Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria, strains EF212(T) and PS125(T), were isolated from the octocorals Eunicea fusca and Plexaura sp., respectively. EF212(T) was isolated… Expand
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An assessment of natural product discovery from marine (sensu strictu) and marine-derived fungi
The natural products community has been investigating secondary metabolites from marine fungi for several decades, but when one attempts to search for validated reports of new natural products from… Expand
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Diversity of the Bacterial Communities Associated with the Azooxanthellate Deep Water Octocorals Leptogorgia minimata, Iciligorgia schrammi, and Swiftia exertia
This study examined the microbiota associated with the marine azooxanthellate octocorals Leptogorgia minimata, Swiftia exertia, and Iciligorgia schrammi collected from moderate depths (45 m).… Expand
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Highly Variable Bacterial Communities Associated with the Octocoral Antillogorgia elisabethae
Antillogorgia elisabethae (synonymous with Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae) is a common branching octocoral in Caribbean reef ecosystems. A. elisabethae is a rich source of anti-inflammatory… Expand
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Biosynthesis of Marine Sterols
Marine sterols have been the subject of intense research since Bergmann first discovered that marine organisms elaborate unique sterols. Much of this research has been directed at the isolation and… Expand
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Cryopreservation of the dinoflagellate symbiont of the octocoral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae
In this paper we describe a cryopreservation protocol followed by the culture of Symbiodinium sp. isolated from the Caribbean gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae as a potential renewable source… Expand
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