A down to earth approach: Environmental (from desert soil) DNA derived cosmid clones containing type II polyketide synthase genes were screened for their ability to produce clone-specific metabolites in Streptomyces. One of the Streptomyces recombinants produces erdacin (1), a polyketide with a previously unknown pentacyclic structure.
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