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Microbial Metabolites Enigma
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  • 1. Protein catalysts secreted by microbes facilitating metabolism
  • 2. Complex carbohydrate secreted by microbes for biofilm formation
  • 3. Cellular construction method for complex organic molecules
  • 4. Heat-stable bacterial toxin intrinsic to cell wall lipids
  • 6. Polymer forming bacterial cell wall rigidity, rich in amino sugars
  • 7. Antibiotic pigment from Streptomyces, inhibiting DNA transcription
  • 12. Precious flavin coenzyme synthesized by microbes, involved in redox
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  • 5. Endotoxin component unique to Gram-negative bacterial outer layers
  • 8. Microbial vitamin precursor involved in nucleic acid biosynthesis
  • 9. Macrolide antibiotic produced by Saccharopolyspora erythraea
  • 10. Microbial metabolite that inhibits or kills competitors' growth
  • 11. Waxy fatty acid conferring acid-fastness to Mycobacteria
  • 13. Corrinoid cofactor essential in microbial and animal metabolism
  • 14. Microbially derived plant hormone influencing cell division

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