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Adaptation to unique marine environments, including deep-sea sediments, hydrothermal vents, mangrove ecosystems, marine invertebrates, and hypersaline habitats, has promoted the evolution of specialized biosynthetic systems capable of generating a broad spectrum of secondary metabolites. These metabolites include polyketides, non-ribosomal peptides (NRPs), ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs), terpenoids, alkaloids, and hybrid compounds with significant antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer activities. Recent advances in genome sequencing, bioinformatics, genome mining, metabolomics, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted discovery have substantially expanded marine natural product research by enabling the identification and prioritization of previously inaccessible biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). However, major challenges remain, including silent biosynthetic pathways, low cultivation efficiency, rediscovery of known compounds, metabolite yield instability, dereplication bottlenecks, and limited ecological interpretation. These constraints continue to impede the translation of biosynthetic potential into pharmaceutical applications. This review summarizes current strategies for marine natural product discovery and highlights emerging translational approaches integrating multi-omics technologies, pathway engineering, and AI-guided prioritization. Collectively, these advances provide a roadmap for advancing marine Streptomyces research from descriptive omics-based exploration toward experimentally validated and clinically relevant drug discovery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/md24090324","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]],"date-time":"2026-09-17T08:03:17Z","timestamp":1789632197000},"page":"324","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Biosynthetic Diversity of Marine-Derived Streptomyces Natural Products: Integrating Genome Mining, Multi-Omics, and Translational Drug Discovery Strategies"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7777-8062","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Monthon","family":"Lertcanawanichakul","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"},{"name":"Food Technology and Innovation Center of Excellence, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1216-1923","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Phuangthip","family":"Bhoopong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tuanhawanti","family":"Sahabuddeen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patchara","family":"Pedpradab","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Trang, Trang 92150, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Husna","family":"Madoromae","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7628-1628","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sueptrakool","family":"Wisessombat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Attarat","family":"Pattanawongsa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmacy, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3333-1730","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nuttapon","family":"Songnaka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmacy, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"666","DOI":"10.1038\/nchembio841","article-title":"Developing a new resource for drug discovery: Marine actinomycete bacteria","volume":"2","author":"Fenical","year":"2006","journal-title":"Nat. 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