Microbial metabolites in nutrition, healthcare and agriculture

• Published in: 3 Biotech Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 15 - 14
• Main Authors: Singh, Rajendra, Kumar, Manoj, Mittal, Anshumali, Mehta, Praveen Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Amino acids; Bioinformatics; Biomaterials; Biopharmaceuticals; Biotechnology; Biotransformation; Cancer Research; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Commodities; Health care; Infectious diseases; Life expectancy; Life span; Metabolites; Microorganisms; Natural products; Nutrient solutions; Nutrition; Organic acids; Organic compounds; Plants (botany); Review; Review Article; Secondary metabolites; Stem Cells; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable development; Veterinary medicine; Vitamins; Healthcare; Microorganisms; Agriculture; Metabolites; Nutrition; Supplements
• ISSN: 2190-572X; 2190-5738
• DOI: 10.1007/s13205-016-0586-4

Microorganisms are a promising source of an enormous number of natural products, which have made significant contribution to almost each sphere of human, plant and veterinary life. Natural compounds obtained from microorganisms have proved their value in nutrition, agriculture and healthcare. Primary metabolites, such as amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, organic acids and alcohol are used as nutritional supplements as well as in the production of industrial commodities through biotransformation. Whereas, secondary metabolites are organic compounds that are largely obtained by extraction from plants or tissues. They are primarily used in the biopharmaceutical industry due to their capability to reduce infectious diseases in human beings and animals and thus increase the life expectancy. Additionally, microorganisms and their products inevitably play a significant role in sustainable agriculture development.