Ectoine, a cyclic amino acid derivative, is synthesised by a range of halophilic and moderate halophilic microorganisms to counterbalance high-salinity environments. As a key compatible solute ...

Using metabolic engineering, researchers made Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) synthesise ectoine using glucose as the sole carbon source. The engineered strain produced a high level of 60.7 g/L ectoine ...

Ectoine and its derivative 5-hydroxyectoine, in contrast, were thought to occur predominantly in bacteria. However, searches of genome databases showed that genes for its biosynthesis occured in ...

Ectoine: a natural compound reduces lung inflammation Dr. Katharina Beyen Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Leibniz-Institut für umweltmedizinische Forschung - IUF.