Genomic islands link secondary metabolism to functional adaptation in marine Actinobacteria.

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Published in ISME J on May 28, 2009

Authors

Kevin Penn1, Caroline Jenkins, Markus Nett, Daniel W Udwary, Erin A Gontang, Ryan P McGlinchey, Brian Foster, Alla Lapidus, Sheila Podell, Eric E Allen, Bradley S Moore, Paul R Jensen

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.

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