'PH hot springs, volcanic areas should be explored for biotech and pharma applications'

THE researchers suggest further microbial and natural product (NP) exploration of volcanoes and hot springs - underexplored habitats - that will undoubtedly yield a huge repertoire of novel and biologically active compounds.

Microbial natural products (NPs) have been prominent sources of drugs for a long history, especially for cancer and infectious diseases, and hot springs and volcanic environments represent valuable sources of novel natural products (NPs), yet largely untapped and understudied.