MARINE MICROORGANISMS AS IMPORTANT RESOURCES OF NEW DRUGS / 中国海洋药物

ABSTRACT

This paper summarizes the literature and gives examples to try and illustrate that the seas are important habitat of new species of microorganisms and ex-tremophiles; the marine environment is a rich source of novel bioactive natutal products, many of which have not been found in terrestrial sources. Undoubtfully ,the resources of marine microorganisms are likely to play an important role in the discovery of new drugs in the 21st century.