Roles of Marine Microbial Products to the Nigeria Economy.
| dc.contributor.author | Aransiola, S.A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-21T10:43:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-21T10:43:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Metabolites and/or products originating from living things, including microbes, plants, and animals, are referred to as natural products. For thousands of years, people have used and consumed natural goods in various forms all across the world. Natural products derived from marine microbial sources have gained a lot of attention lately because of developments in X-ray crystallography, spectroscopy, deep-sea exploration technology, and other separation techniques. It is believed that the harsh conditions found in the sea, which include high or low temperatures, high pressure, low pH, and high salt concentrations, give marine microbial products their distinct physiological characteristics and unusual chemical structures. Because symbiotic microbes that produce natural products coexist with macroorganisms such as sponges and corals, it is also possible to extract marine natural products of microbial origins from them. Bacteria, fungi, viruses, microalgae, marine micro-animals, and symbiotic microorganisms are some of the major categories of marine microorganisms. More than 30,000 marine microbial products have been found since the first ones were isolated in the 1950s. Nigeria has a lot of potential for extracting lucrative marine microbial products because of its long coastline and big surface area. Products made from marine microorganisms are widely employed in the food and beverage, agricultural, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. The Nigerian economy and its businesses stand to gain greatly from these broad use cases. However, to fully capitalize on these advantages, a thorough investigation of Nigeria’s maritime habitats should be carried out in conjunction with companies to find and market marine microbial goods. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Okewu, M., Aransiola, A.B., Aransiola, S.A., Adewoye, O.P., Agarry, O.O., Funmilayo, T.F. and Maddela, N.R., 2024. Roles of Marine Microbial Products to the Nigeria Economy. In Marine Bioprospecting for Sustainable Blue-bioeconomy (pp. 205-225). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68911-6_11 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.uniabuja.edu.ng/handle/123456789/726 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Springer Cham | |
| dc.subject | Marine Microbial Products | |
| dc.subject | Nigeria Economy | |
| dc.subject | Natural products | |
| dc.title | Roles of Marine Microbial Products to the Nigeria Economy. | |
| dc.title.alternative | In: Aransiola, S.A., Bamisaye, A., Abioye, O.P., Maddela, N.R. (eds) Marine Bioprospecting for Sustainable Blue-bioeconomy. | |
| dc.type | Book chapter |