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marine drugs Review Lead Compounds from Mangrove-Associated Microorganisms Elena Ancheeva †, Georgios Daletos *,† and Peter Proksch * Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] (G.D.); [email protected] (P.P.); Tel.: +49-211-81-14173 (G.D.); +49-211-81-14163 (P.P.) † These authors contributed equally to this work. Received: 7 August 2018; Accepted: 29 August 2018; Published: 7 September 2018 Abstract: The mangrove ecosystem is considered as an attractive biodiversity hotspot that is intensively studied in the hope of discovering new useful chemical scaffolds, including those with potential medicinal application. In the past two decades, mangrove-derived microorganisms, along with mangrove plants, proved to be rich sources of bioactive secondary metabolites as exemplified by the constant rise in the number of publications, which suggests the great potential of this important ecological niche. The present review summarizes selected examples of bioactive compounds either from mangrove endophytes or from soil-derived mangrove fungi and bacteria, covering the literature from 2014 to March 2018. Accordingly, 163 natural products are described in this review, possessing a wide range of potent bioactivities, such as cytotoxic, antibacterial, antifungal, a-glucosidase inhibitory, protein tyrosine phosphatase B inhibitory, and antiviral activities, among others. Keywords: mangrove microorganisms; bioactive natural products; endophytes; drug leads 1. Introduction Mangrove (mangal) communities represent a coastal habitat located in tropical and subtropical intertidal estuarine zones, occurring in 112 countries, and mostly attributed to latitudes between 30◦ N and 30◦ S[1]. Special ecological conditions of mangroves include relatively high tidal range, high average temperature with little seasonal fluctuation, high salinity, strong winds, and muddy anaerobic or sandy soil [1–3]. The flora of these communities includes the so-called “exclusive” or true mangroves as well as “nonexclusive” mangrove species that inhabit other terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems (semi-mangrove or mangrove associates). Tomlinson defines true mangroves by several criteria, including exclusive occurrence in mangrove ecosystem, morphological adaptations (e.g., aerial roots and viviparous, water-dispersed propagules), physiological mechanisms for salt exclusion/excretion, as well as taxonomical distinctness from terrestrial species (at least at the generic level), albeit all these characteristics are not necessary to be present among one plant species [1]. One of the main extreme habitat factors that influences mangroves is high salinity, resulting in the following specific leaf traits and osmotic properties of true mangroves: lower specific leaf area, higher succulence, lower K+/Na+ ratio, higher Na+ and Cl− contents, and hence higher osmolality in contrast to semi-mangrove plants [4]. Since mangrove ecosystems can be viewed as an extreme environment, which demands various morphological and physiological adaptations of inhabiting species, the biosynthetic potential of the latter to produce a distinct array of novel chemical entities is apparent. Thus, the mangrove ecosystem is considered as an attractive biodiversity hotspot that is intensively investigated in the hope of discovering new structural scaffolds, including those with Mar. Drugs 2018, 16, 319; doi:10.3390/md16090319 www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs Mar. Drugs 2018,, 1616,, 319x FOR PEER REVIEW 22of of 3132 applications. 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