Abstract The present review aims the discussion of impact bioprospection initiative developed by projects associated to BIOprospecTA, a subprogram program BIOTA, supported FAPESP. This brings summary main results produced investigating natural products (NPs) from non-plants organisms, as examples success this initiative, focusing on progresses achieved related NPs macroalgae, marine invertebrat...

Originating in Africa, tilapia (Pisces, Cichlidae) now have a worldwide distribution and are both prime model system for evolutionary biology an important aquaculture species over 135 countries. In contrast, Mozambique (Oreochromis mossambicus) is also listed the top 100 of world’s worst invasive alien has been documented to severe impacts on freshwater ecosystems primarily through displacement...

Anthropogenic disturbances such as fishing, mining, oil drilling, bioprospecting, warming, and acidification in the deep sea are increasing, yet generalities about deep-sea biogeography remain elusive. Owing to the lack of perceived environmental variability and geographical barriers, ranges of deep-sea species were traditionally assumed to be exceedingly large. In contrast, seamount and chemos...

There are several species of plants used by traditional communities in the Brazilian semiarid. An approach used in the search for natural substances that possess therapeutic value is ethnobotany or ethnopharmacology. Active substances that have phenolic groups in their structure have great pharmacological potential. To establish a quantitative relationship between the species popularly consider...

In view of the end golden years Norwegian oil economy, ocean genetic resources are being advertised in policy environments as holding great potential for future country. Microbes have increased popularity promising agents new bioeconomy, advances gene sequencing technologies and genomics made them more accessible. This paper examines turn toward digital sequence data bioprospecting to inquire a...