streptomycetaceae

Summary

Summary: A family of soil bacteria. It also includes some parasitic forms.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Five novel Kitasatospora species from soil: Kitasatospora arboriphila sp. nov., K. gansuensis sp. nov., K. nipponensis sp. nov., K. paranensis sp. nov. and K. terrestris sp. nov
    Ingrid Groth
    , D-07745 Jena, Germany
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:2121-9. 2004
  2. ncbi Genome sequence of Kitasatospora setae NBRC 14216T: an evolutionary snapshot of the family Streptomycetaceae
    Natsuko Ichikawa
    NITE Bioresource Information Center, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2 49 10 Nishihara, Shibuya ku, Tokyo 151 0066, Japan
    DNA Res 17:393-406. 2010
  3. ncbi Talosins A and B: new isoflavonol glycosides with potent antifungal activity from Kitasatospora kifunensis MJM341. I. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation, and biological activities
    Tae Mi Yoon
    Department of Biological Science, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Myongji University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, 449-728, Korea
    J Antibiot (Tokyo) 59:633-9. 2006
  4. ncbi Electrical DNA-chip-based identification of different species of the genus Kitasatospora
    Robert Moller
    Institute for Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 77:1181-8. 2008
  5. ncbi Design and evaluation of an oligonucleotide-microarray for the detection of different species of the genus Kitasatospora
    Sebastian Günther
    Department of Molecular Natural Products Research, Hans Knöll Institut für Naturstoff Forschung e V Beutenbergstr 11a, D 07745 Jena, Germany
    J Microbiol Methods 65:226-36. 2006
  6. ncbi Kitasatospora viridis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete from soil
    Zhiheng Liu
    State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 55:707-11. 2005
  7. ncbi Distribution of polyketide synthase genes in bacterial populations
    Sayra Khatun
    J Antibiot (Tokyo) 55:107-8. 2002
  8. ncbi Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Streptomyces and Kitasatospora based on partial RNA polymerase beta-subunit gene (rpoB) sequences
    Bum Joon Kim
    Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110 799, Korea
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:593-8. 2004
  9. ncbi Secretion of active-form Streptoverticillium mobaraense transglutaminase by Corynebacterium glutamicum: processing of the pro-transglutaminase by a cosecreted subtilisin-Like protease from Streptomyces albogriseolus
    Yoshimi Kikuchi
    Institute of Life Sciences, Ajinomoto Co, Inc, Kawasaki 210 8681, Japan
    Appl Environ Microbiol 69:358-66. 2003
  10. ncbi Culturable marine actinomycete diversity from tropical Pacific Ocean sediments
    Paul R Jensen
    Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0204, USA
    Environ Microbiol 7:1039-48. 2005

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  1. A sequenced-based approach for improved small molecule discovery
    Paul R Jensen; Fiscal Year: 2010

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  1. ncbi Five novel Kitasatospora species from soil: Kitasatospora arboriphila sp. nov., K. gansuensis sp. nov., K. nipponensis sp. nov., K. paranensis sp. nov. and K. terrestris sp. nov
    Ingrid Groth
    , D-07745 Jena, Germany
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:2121-9. 2004
    ..The remaining organism, isolate HKI 0316 (=2122-022=DSM 44790=NCIMB 13978), was considered to be a strain of Kitasatospora kifunensis on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence, DNA-DNA relatedness and phenotypic data...
  2. ncbi Genome sequence of Kitasatospora setae NBRC 14216T: an evolutionary snapshot of the family Streptomycetaceae
    Natsuko Ichikawa
    NITE Bioresource Information Center, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2 49 10 Nishihara, Shibuya ku, Tokyo 151 0066, Japan
    DNA Res 17:393-406. 2010
    ..We have determined the complete genome sequence of K. setae NBRC 14216(T) as the first Streptomycetaceae genome other than Streptomyces...
  3. ncbi Talosins A and B: new isoflavonol glycosides with potent antifungal activity from Kitasatospora kifunensis MJM341. I. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation, and biological activities
    Tae Mi Yoon
    Department of Biological Science, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Myongji University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, 449-728, Korea
    J Antibiot (Tokyo) 59:633-9. 2006
    ..These talosins are the first isoflavonol glycosides with a 6-deoxy-talose sugar component and they may be useful as antifungal agents with low toxicity because of no visible cytotoxicity against the human hepatic HepG2 cell...
  4. ncbi Electrical DNA-chip-based identification of different species of the genus Kitasatospora
    Robert Moller
    Institute for Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 77:1181-8. 2008
    ..The presented results show that the DNA-chip with electrical detection can be used for a robust and cost-efficient DNA analysis...
  5. ncbi Design and evaluation of an oligonucleotide-microarray for the detection of different species of the genus Kitasatospora
    Sebastian Günther
    Department of Molecular Natural Products Research, Hans Knöll Institut für Naturstoff Forschung e V Beutenbergstr 11a, D 07745 Jena, Germany
    J Microbiol Methods 65:226-36. 2006
    ..This indicates that the oligonucleotide-microarray method developed in this study is a reliable tool for the detection of Kitasatospora species in environmental samples...
  6. ncbi Kitasatospora viridis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete from soil
    Zhiheng Liu
    State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 55:707-11. 2005
    ..The name proposed is Kitasatospora viridis sp. nov., with the type strain 52108a(T) (=AS 4.1878(T)=DSM 44826(T))...
  7. ncbi Distribution of polyketide synthase genes in bacterial populations
    Sayra Khatun
    J Antibiot (Tokyo) 55:107-8. 2002
  8. ncbi Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Streptomyces and Kitasatospora based on partial RNA polymerase beta-subunit gene (rpoB) sequences
    Bum Joon Kim
    Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110 799, Korea
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:593-8. 2004
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  9. ncbi Secretion of active-form Streptoverticillium mobaraense transglutaminase by Corynebacterium glutamicum: processing of the pro-transglutaminase by a cosecreted subtilisin-Like protease from Streptomyces albogriseolus
    Yoshimi Kikuchi
    Institute of Life Sciences, Ajinomoto Co, Inc, Kawasaki 210 8681, Japan
    Appl Environ Microbiol 69:358-66. 2003
    ..Our findings suggest that C. glutamicum has potential as a host for industrial-scale protein production...
  10. ncbi Culturable marine actinomycete diversity from tropical Pacific Ocean sediments
    Paul R Jensen
    Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0204, USA
    Environ Microbiol 7:1039-48. 2005
    ..tentatively called MAR2 and MAR3, were cultivated and appear to represent new genera within the Streptomycetaceae. In total, five new marine phylotypes, including two within the Thermomonosporaceae that appear to represent ..
  11. ncbi Isolation and characterization of four gram-positive nickel-tolerant microorganisms from contaminated sediments
    Joy D Van Nostrand
    Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Science Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29412, USA
    Microb Ecol 53:670-82. 2007
    ..Neither isolate was tolerant to Cd. These findings suggest that Ni is exerting a selection pressure at this site for metal-resistant actinomycetes...
  12. ncbi Lack of correspondence between genetic and phenotypic groups amongst soil-borne streptomycetes
    Anita L Davelos Baines
    Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
    FEMS Microbiol Ecol 59:564-75. 2007
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  13. ncbi Cloning and characterization of a maltotriose-producing alpha-amylase gene from Thermobifida fusca
    Chao Hsun Yang
    Institute of Microbiology and Biochemistry, National Taiwan University, No 1, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei 106, Taiwan
    J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 34:325-30. 2007
    ..The optimal pH and temperature of the purified amylase were 7.0 and 60 degrees C, respectively. The properties of purified amylase from the E. coli transformant are similar to that of an amylase purified from the original T. fusca NTU22...
  14. ncbi Medium optimization for enhanced production of cytosine-substituted mildiomycin analogue (MIL-C) by Streptoverticillium rimofaciens ZJU 5119
    Dan Ye
    Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
    J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 9:77-84. 2008
    ..5 mg/L, an approximate 3.8-fold improvement over the previous concentration (350.0 mg/L) with un-optimized medium. This work will be very helpful to the large-scale production of MIL-C in the future...
  15. ncbi Biodegradation of alachlor by soil streptomycetes
    L Durães Sette
    CPQBA UNICAMP, CP 6171, SP CEP 13081 970, Campinas, Brazil
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 64:712-7. 2004
    ..Given the high degradation rates observed here, the Streptomyces strains tested may be useful in the degradation/detoxification processes of alachlor...
  16. ncbi Peptidyl linkers for protein heterodimerization catalyzed by microbial transglutaminase
    Tsutomu Tanaka
    Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
    Bioconjug Chem 15:491-7. 2004
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  17. ncbi Structure of folding intermediates at pH 4.0 and native state of microbial transglutaminase
    Kei-Ichi Yokoyama
    Alliance Protein Laboratories, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, USA
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 67:291-4. 2003
    ..0 did not lead to a structure like that of the folding intermediate. Sedimentation velocity analysis showed that the folding intermediate had an expanded structure and contained no other structure species including large aggregates...
  18. ncbi Modification of glutamine and lysine residues in holo and apo alpha-lactalbumin with microbial transglutaminase
    Willem F Nieuwenhuizen
    TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Innovative Ingredients and Products, P O Box 360, NL 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands
    J Agric Food Chem 51:7132-9. 2003
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  19. ncbi Isolation and identification of actinobacteria from surface-sterilized wheat roots
    Justin T Coombs
    Department of Medical Biotechnology, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia
    Appl Environ Microbiol 69:5603-8. 2003
    ..These isolates were recovered from healthy plants over a range of geographically and temporally isolated sampling events and constitute an important plant-microbe interaction...
  20. ncbi Regulation of secondary metabolism in streptomycetes
    Mervyn J Bibb
    Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
    Curr Opin Microbiol 8:208-15. 2005
    ..The application of a variety of genetic and molecular approaches is now beginning to reveal fascinating insights into the complex regulatory cascades that govern this process...
  21. ncbi Widespread activation of antibiotic biosynthesis by S-adenosylmethionine in streptomycetes
    Jung-Hyun Huh
    Department of Biological Science, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Myongji University, Yongin 449-728, Korea
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 238:439-47. 2004
    ..Our results clearly demonstrate the widespread activation of antibiotic production using SAM in streptomycetes...
  22. ncbi Degradation of alkali-lignin residues from solid-state fermentation of wheat straw by streptomycetes
    M Hernandez
    Departamento de Microbiologia y Parasitologia, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Spain
    Biodegradation 12:219-23. 2001
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  23. ncbi [A new regulatory function of the A-factor--stimulation of the streptomyces spore germination]
    V D Gruzina
    Gauze Institute of New Antibiotics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, ul. Bol'shaya Pirogovskaya 11, Moscow, Russia
    Mikrobiologiia 72:770-4. 2003
    ..During germination of the S. avermitilis JCM5070 spores, no changes in the CFU number was observed after the addition of A-factor...
  24. ncbi Diversity of culturable actinobacteria from Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China
    Yu Qin Zhang
    Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People s Republic of China
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 98:213-23. 2010
    ..Micromonosporaceae, Nocardiaceae, Promicromonosporaceae, Propionibacteriaceae, Pseudonocardiaceae, Streptomycetaceae, Streptosporangiaceae and Thermomonosporaceae...
  25. ncbi Rhizosphere communities of genetically modified zeaxanthin-accumulating potato plants and their parent cultivar differ less than those of different potato cultivars
    Nicole Weinert
    Julius Kühn Institut Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Braunschweig, Germany
    Appl Environ Microbiol 75:3859-65. 2009
    ..electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprints of Bacteria, Actinobacteria, Alpha- and Betaproteobacteria, Bacillus, Streptomycetaceae, Pseudomonas, gacA, Fungi, and Ascomycetes...
  26. ncbi Taxonomic and ecological studies of actinomycetes from Vietnam: isolation and genus-level diversity
    Duong Van Hop
    Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
    J Antibiot (Tokyo) 64:599-606. 2011
    ..Approximately 90% of these strains were members of three families: Streptomycetaceae (1087 strains, 58%); Micromonosporaceae (516 strains, 27%); and Streptosporangiaceae (89 strains, 5%)...
  27. ncbi Protoplast preparation and reversion to the normal filamentous growth in antibiotic-producing uncommon actinomycetes
    Giorgia Letizia Marcone
    Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze Molecolari Università dell Insubria, Varese, Italy
    J Antibiot (Tokyo) 63:83-8. 2010
    ..antibiotic-producing filamentous actinomycetes belonging to the Streptosporangiaceae, Micromonosporaceae and Streptomycetaceae. 10(7)-10(9) protoplasts were obtained from 100 ml of culture, after incubation times in the digestion ..
  28. ncbi The high resolution crystal structure of a native thermostable serpin reveals the complex mechanism underpinning the stressed to relaxed transition
    Kate F Fulton
    Protein Crystallography Unit, Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium, P O Box 53, Australia
    J Biol Chem 280:8435-42. 2005
    ..Here we have discussed the structural basis of how this serpin reconciles the thermodynamic instability necessary for function with the stability required to withstand elevated temperatures...
  29. ncbi Purification and some properties of an inhibitor for a yeast pleiotropic drug resistant pump from Kitasatospora sp. E-420
    A Wanigasekera
    Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 65:2353-7. 2001
    ..Some physicochemical data suggested that the Pdr5-specific inhibitor was different from an immunosuppressant, FK506, reported as the only inhibitor of Pdr5 in vivo...
  30. ncbi Staurosporine and rebeccamycin aglycones are assembled by the oxidative action of StaP, StaC, and RebC on chromopyrrolic acid
    Annaleise R Howard-Jones
    Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    J Am Chem Soc 128:12289-98. 2006
    ..This work allowed for the in vitro reconstitution of the full biosynthetic pathway from l-tryptophan to the staurosporine and rebeccamycin aglycones, K252c and 1,11-dichloroarcyriaflavin A...
  31. ncbi Distribution of microbes producing antimicrobial epsilon-poly-L-lysine polymers in soil microflora determined by a novel method
    Masanobu Nishikawa
    Research Institute for Biological Sciences Okayama RIBS, 7549 1 Kayo cho, Okayama 716 1241, Japan
    Appl Environ Microbiol 68:3575-81. 2002
    ..and sufficient screening of soil microflora, belonged exclusively to two groups of bacteria of the family Streptomycetaceae and ergot fungi...
  32. ncbi Effect of ferrous ion on ε-poly-L-lysine biosynthesis by Streptomyces diastatochromogenes CGMCC3145
    Guoliang Wang
    Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No 29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area, Tianjin, 300457, China
    Curr Microbiol 62:1062-7. 2011
    ..It is mainly produced by bacteria belonging to the family of Streptomycetaceae. In this study, the effect of ferrous ion on the metabolic pathway such as key enzyme activities and ..
  33. ncbi Nitropyrrolins A-E, cytotoxic farnesyl-α-nitropyrroles from a marine-derived bacterium within the actinomycete family Streptomycetaceae
    Hak Cheol Kwon
    Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0204, USA
    J Nat Prod 73:2047-52. 2010
    ..Several of the nitropyrrolins, nitropyrrolin D in particular, are cytotoxic toward HCT-116 human colon carcinoma cells, but show weak to little antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...
  34. ncbi Biochemical characterisation of recombinant Streptomyces pristinaespiralis L-lysine cyclodeaminase
    Georgia Eleni Tsotsou
    Biotransformation and Biocatalysis Laboratory, RHODIA, Research and Technology Centre of Lyon, 85 rue des frères Perret, BP 62, F 69192 Saint Fons Cedex, France
    Biochimie 89:591-604. 2007
    ..Our results indicate that the lysine cyclodeaminase from Streptomyces pristinaespiralis is a highly enantioselective enzyme at the substrate recognition and conversion levels, in both cases in favour of the l-isomer...
  35. ncbi Two minimal Tat translocases in Bacillus
    Jan D H Jongbloed
    Department of Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands
    Mol Microbiol 54:1319-25. 2004
    ..Importantly, these minimal TatAC translocases of B. subtilis are representative for the Tat machinery of the vast majority of Gram-positive bacteria, Streptomycetes being the only known exception with TatABC translocases...
  36. ncbi Talosins A and B: new isoflavonol glycosides with potent antifungal activity from Kitasatospora kifunensis MJM341. II. Physicochemical properties and structure determination
    Won-Gon Kim
    Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 115, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-600, Korea
    J Antibiot (Tokyo) 59:640-5. 2006
    ..They are the first flavonoid glycosides incorporating 6-deoxy-talose as a sugar component...
  37. ncbi The mildiomycin biosynthesis: initial steps for sequential generation of 5-hydroxymethylcytidine 5'-monophosphate and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in Streptoverticillium rimofaciens ZJU5119
    Li Li
    Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China
    Chembiochem 9:1286-94. 2008
    ..The ratio of free HMC and cytosine released by MilB was ca. 9:1 in in vitro assays, and is consistent with the higher levels of MIL compared to dHM-MIL that are produced by Streptoverticillum rimofaciens...
  38. ncbi Inhibition of epsilon-poly-L-lysine biosynthesis in Streptomycetaceae bacteria by short-chain polyols
    Masanobu Nishikawa
    Research Institute for Biological Sciences Okayama RIBS Okayama, 7549 1 Kibichuo cho, Okayama 716 1241, Japan
    Appl Environ Microbiol 72:2306-12. 2006
    Antimicrobial epsilon-poly-L-lysine (ePL) is secreted by Streptomycetaceae bacteria, and the mechanism of ePL biosynthesis remains to be elucidated...
  39. ncbi In vitro phosphinate methylation by PhpK from Kitasatospora phosalacinea
    Williard J Werner
    School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
    Biochemistry 50:8986-8. 2011
    ..This transformation gives rise to the only carbon-phosphorus-carbon linkage known to occur in nature...
  40. ncbi [Phylogenetic diversity of culturable bacteria in the ancient salt deposits of the Yipinglang Salt Mine, P. R. China]
    Yi Guang Chen
    Yunnan Institute of Microbiology and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
    Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 47:571-7. 2007
    ..Pseudomonadaceae, Rhodobacteraceae, Dietziaceae, Saccharospirillaceae, Sphingomonadaceae, Staphylococcaceae, Streptomycetaceae) in four major phylogenetic groups (Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria)...
  41. ncbi Effects of living cyanobacteria, cyanobacterial extracts and pure microcystins on growth and ultrastructure of microalgae and bacteria
    Rut Valdor
    Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
    Toxicon 49:769-79. 2007
    ..The implications for colonisation and benthic communities structure and development are discussed in the context of biomonitoring...
  42. ncbi Remarkable enhancement in PLD activity from Streptoverticillium cinnamoneum by substituting serine residue into the GG/GS motif
    Chiaki Ogino
    The Division of Material Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920 1192, Japan
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1774:671-8. 2007
    ..The findings suggest that the GG/GS motif of PLD is a key motif that affects catalytic function and enzymatic stability...
  43. ncbi Antagonistic enzymes may generate alternate phase transitions leading to ephemeral gels
    Sébastien Giraudier
    ERRMECe, University of Cergy Pontoise, 95302 Pontoise, France
    Biophys J 93:629-36. 2007
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  44. ncbi Characterization of the sporulation control protein SsgA by use of an efficient method to create and screen random mutant libraries in streptomycetes
    Bjørn A Traag
    Microbial Development, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P O Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
    Appl Environ Microbiol 73:2085-92. 2007
    ..However, the essential residues L29, D58, and S89 were conserved only in SsgA orthologues and not in other SALPs, suggesting an SsgA-specific function...
  45. ncbi Ribosomal and protein coding gene based multigene phylogeny on the family Streptomycetaceae
    Ji Hye Han
    Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, 220 Gung Dong, Yuseong, Daejeon 305 764, Republic of Korea
    Syst Appl Microbiol 35:1-6. 2012
    The phylogenetic relationship among the three genera of the family Streptomycetaceae was examined using the small and large subunit ribosomal RNA genes, and the gyrB, rpoB, trpB, atpD and recA genes...
  46. ncbi Structural and functional analysis of C2-type ketoreductases from modular polyketide synthases
    Jianting Zheng
    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    J Mol Biol 410:105-17. 2011
    ..Results from in vivo assays of engineered PKSs support that C2-type KRs cooperate with epimer-specific ketosynthases to set the configurations of substituent-bearing α-carbons...
  47. ncbi Indoor air particles and bioaerosols before and after renovation of moisture-damaged buildings: the effect on biological activity and microbial flora
    Kati Huttunen
    Department of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, P O Box 95, FI 70701 Kuopio, Finland
    Environ Res 107:291-8. 2008
    ..This may be associated with different spectrum of harmful agents in different mold and moisture-damaged buildings...
  48. ncbi Protein analysis by 31p NMR spectroscopy in ionic liquid: quantitative determination of enzymatically created cross-links
    Evanthia Monogioudi
    VTT, P O Box 1000, FI 02044 VTT, Finland
    J Agric Food Chem 59:1352-62. 2011
    ..Quantitative (31)P NMR in IL was shown to be a simple and efficient method for the study of protein modification...
  49. ncbi Cloning and in vitro characterization of dTDP-6-deoxy-L-talose biosynthetic genes from Kitasatospora kifunensis featuring the dTDP-6-deoxy-L-lyxo-4-hexulose reductase that synthesizes dTDP-6-deoxy-L-talose
    Suman Karki
    Department of Biological Science, Myongji University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
    Carbohydr Res 345:1958-62. 2010
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  50. ncbi Bacterial diversity on the surface of potato tubers in soil and the influence of the plant genotype
    Nicole Weinert
    Julius Kühn Institut JKI Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Braunschweig, Germany
    FEMS Microbiol Ecol 74:114-23. 2010
    ..showed nearly identical fingerprints for Bacteria, Actinobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Bacillus and Streptomycetaceae. In conclusion, tuber-associated bacteria were only weakly affected by the plant genotype.
  51. ncbi Characterization and large-scale production of recombinant Streptoverticillium platensis transglutaminase
    Shie Jea Lin
    Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, 331 Shih Pin Road, 30062, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 35:981-90. 2008
    ..78 U/ml) and 5-l fermenters (5.39 U/ml). Large-scale productions of the recombinant MtgA in a 30-l air-lift fermenter and a 250-l stirred-tank fermenter were fulfilled with maximal activities of 5.36 and 2.54 U/ml, respectively...
  52. ncbi The effect of the macrolide antibiotic tylosin on microbial diversity in the canine small intestine as demonstrated by massive parallel 16S rRNA gene sequencing
    Jan S Suchodolski
    Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, USA
    BMC Microbiol 9:210. 2009
    ..Jejunal brush samples were collected through the fistula on days 0, 14, and 28 (14 days after withdrawal of tylosin). Bacterial diversity was characterized using massive parallel 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing...
  53. ncbi Genetic and physiological determinants of Streptomyces scabies pathogenicity
    Sylvain Lerat
    Centre SEVE, Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1K 2R1
    Mol Plant Pathol 10:579-85. 2009
    ..and Loria; Kingdom Bacteria; Phylum Actinobacteria; Class Actinomycetes; Order Actinomycetales; Family Streptomycetaceae; genus Streptomyces; species scabies or scabiei. Host range: Streptomyces scabies (syn. S...
  54. ncbi Indoxamycins A-F. Cytotoxic tricycklic polypropionates from a marine-derived actinomycete
    Seizo Sato
    Central Research Laboratory, Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd, 559 6 Kitano machi Hachioji, Tokyo 192 0906, Japan
    J Org Chem 74:5502-9. 2009
    ..actinomyces whose strains showed approximately 96% sequence homology of 16S rDNA with the family streptomycetaceae. The structures of these indoxamycins, which are unusual polyketides composed of six consecutive chiral ..
  55. ncbi Streptomyces hypolithicus sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic hypolith community
    Marilize Le Roes-Hill
    Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701 Cape Town, South Africa
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 59:2032-5. 2009
    ..to members of the genus Streptomyces, which supports the classification of this strain within the family Streptomycetaceae. Phenotypic and phylogenetic results allowed strain HSM#10T to be differentiated from known streptomycetes...
  56. ncbi Complete sequence and analysis of the stability functions of pPSX, a vector that allows stable cloning and expression of Streptomycete genes in Escherichia coli K12
    Daniel S Philip
    Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
    Plasmid 62:39-43. 2009
    ..pPSX is a small, stable cloning vector good for cloning and expression of a wide range of genes, including those from streptomycetes...
  57. ncbi Kitasatospora saccharophila sp. nov. and Kitasatospora kazusanensis sp. nov., isolated from soil and transfer of Streptomyces atroaurantiacus to the genus Kitasatospora as Kitasatospora atroaurantiaca comb. nov
    Bing Li
    Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 55:19-26. 2009
    ..It is also proposed that Streptomyces atroaurantiacus should be transferred to the genus Kitasatospora as Kitasatospora atroaurantiaca comb. nov. (type strain NBRC 14327(T)=DSM 41649(T))...
  58. ncbi Streptomyces polyantibioticus sp. nov., isolated from the banks of a river
    Marilize Le Roes-Hill
    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag 1, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 59:1302-9. 2009
    ..strain, with the exception of the phospholipid pattern, corresponded with those of the members of the family Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943...
  59. ncbi Direct detection of Kitasatospora species with a chaperone oligonucleotide microarray method lacking PCR amplification
    Sebastian Guenther
    Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
    J Basic Microbiol 48:315-8. 2008
    ..The described advanced hybridization method used chaperone oligonucleotides for direct co-hybridization with genomic DNA on an oligonuclotide microarray with optical readout...
  60. ncbi Streptacidiphilus anmyonensis sp. nov., Streptacidiphilus rugosus sp. nov. and Streptacidiphilus melanogenes sp. nov., acidophilic actinobacteria isolated from Pinus soils
    Sung Heun Cho
    Department of Microbiology, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, 220 Gung Dong, Yuseong, Daejeon 305 764, Republic of Korea
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:1566-70. 2008
    ..isolates fell into three distinctive phylogenetic clusters within the genus Streptacidiphilus of the family Streptomycetaceae, and also that Streptacidiphilus jiangxiensis was the species closest to the three phyloclusters, with 16S ..
  61. ncbi In vitro antagonism of an actinobacterial Kitasatospora isolate against the plant pathogen Phytophthora citricola as elucidated with ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry
    Felix Haesler
    Department of Terrestrial Ecogenetics, Institute of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen German Research Center for Environmental Health GmbH, Germany
    J Microbiol Methods 75:188-95. 2008
    ..This straightforward approach is of general applicability to elucidate biocontrol mechanisms in any complex system with improved efficiency...
  62. ncbi Swelling, mechanical, and barrier properties of albedo-based films prepared in the presence of phaseolin cross-linked or not by transglutaminase
    L Mariniello
    Department of Food Science, University of Naples Federico II Parco Gussone, 80055 Portici, Naples, Italy
    Biomacromolecules 11:2394-8. 2010
    ..These findings suggest that albedo-phaseolin film prepared in the presence of transglutaminase can be a promising candidate to be used as food edible wrap...
  63. ncbi Phylogenetic diversity of acidophilic sporoactinobacteria isolated from various soils
    Sung-Heun Cho
    Department of Microbiology, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, 220 Gung-dong, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
    J Microbiol 44:600-6. 2006
    ..were divided into eight distinctive phylogenetic clusters within the variation encompassed by the family Streptomycetaceae. Four clusters among them were assigned to the genus Streptacidiphilus, whereas the remaining four were ..
  64. ncbi Effect on tumor cells of blocking survival response to glucose deprivation
    Hae-Ryong Park
    Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1300-10. 2004
    ..004 and P<.001 for comparisons with untreated control, respectively) inhibited tumor growth of MKN74 xenografts. CONCLUSION: Disruption of the UPR may provide a novel therapeutic approach to targeting glucose-deprived solid tumors...
  65. ncbi High level expression of Streptomyces mobaraensis transglutaminase in Corynebacterium glutamicum using a chimeric pro-region from Streptomyces cinnamoneus transglutaminase
    Masayo Date
    Institute of Life Sciences, Ajinomoto Co. Inc, 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-8681, Japan
    J Biotechnol 110:219-26. 2004
    ..mobaraensis and Streptomyces cinnamoneus transglutaminases for the production of MTGase in C. glutamicum. As a result, secretion of MTGase using the chimeric pro-region is increased compared to that using the native pro-region...
  66. ncbi Genetic and phenotypic traits of streptomycetes used to characterize antibiotic activities of field-collected microbes
    Anita L Davelos
    Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
    Can J Microbiol 50:79-89. 2004
    ..Relationships between the genetic and phenotypic characteristics examined may provide preliminary insight into the distinct strategies that microbes use in optimizing their fitness in natural environments...
  67. ncbi Crystal structures of decorated xylooligosaccharides bound to a family 10 xylanase from Streptomyces olivaceoviridis E-86
    Zui Fujimoto
    Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 8602, Japan
    J Biol Chem 279:9606-14. 2004
    ..CBM13 was shown to bind xylose or xylooligosaccharides reversibly by using nonsymmetric sugars as the ligands. The independent multiple sites in CBM13 may increase the probability of substrate binding...
  68. ncbi Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev
    Kazunori Hatano
    Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, 17 85, Juso honmachi 2 chome, Yodogawa ku, Osaka 532 8686, Japan
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53:1519-29. 2003
    ..netropsis, Streptomyces orinoci, S. stramineus, Streptomyces thioluteus and Streptomyces viridiflavus...
  69. ncbi Streptacidiphilus gen. nov., acidophilic actinomycetes with wall chemotype I and emendation of the family Streptomycetaceae (Waksman and Henrici (1943)AL) emend. Rainey et al. 1997
    Seung Bum Kim
    Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 83:107-16. 2003
    ..It is, therefore, proposed that the description of the family Streptomycetaceae be emended to account for properties shown by Kitasatospora and Streptacidiphilus species.
  70. ncbi A new IL-1 receptor inhibitor 139A: fermentation, isolation, physico-chemical properties and structure
    Chen Jing
    Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medica Sciense and Peking Union Medical College, Tiantan, Beijing 100050 PR China
    J Antibiot (Tokyo) 56:87-90. 2003
    ....
  71. ncbi Identification of the epsilon-(gamma-glutamyl)lysine cross-linking sites in alpha-lactalbumin polymerized by mammalian and microbial transglutaminases
    Deuk-Sik Lee
    Department of Tourism and Foodservice Industry, Donghae University, Jiheungdong, Donghae-shi, Kangwondo 240-713, Korea
    J Agric Food Chem 50:7412-9. 2002
    ..It is suggested that the difference in the numbers of lysine residues targeted by GTGase and MTGase may be responsible for the difference in the polymerization process of alpha-lactalbumin between GTGase- and MTGase-catalyzed systems...
  72. ncbi Multiblock PLS analysis of an industrial pharmaceutical process
    J A Lopes
    Center for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Lisbon, Av Rovisco Pais, P 1049 001, Lisbon, Portugal
    Biotechnol Bioeng 80:419-27. 2002
    ..4%. The advantage of the multiblock model over the standard PLS model is that the contributions of the two main process stages to the API volumetric productivity were determined...
  73. ncbi Synthesis of TDP-3-amino-3,4,6-trideoxy-alpha-D-xylo-hexopyranose--the immediate precursor of TDP-alpha-D-desosamine
    Cheng-Wei T Chang
    Division of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas, Austin 78712, USA
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett 12:1493-6. 2002
    ..This compound was shown to be a substrate for DesVI, an AdoMet-dependent methyltransferase which catalyzes N,N-dimethylation of the title compound to give a biological significant unusual sugar, desosamine...
  74. ncbi Description of two novel species of the genus Kitasatospora Omura et al. 1982, Kitasatospora cineracea sp. nov. and Kitasatospora niigatensis sp. nov
    K Tajima
    Research Center for Biological Function, The Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 51:1765-71. 2001
    ..nov. and Kitasatospora niigatensis sp. nov., with the type strains K. cineracea SK-3255T (= IFO 16452T = JCM 10915T = NRRL B-23134T) and K. niigatensis SK-3406T (= IFO 16453T = JCM 10916T = NRRL B-24135T)...
  75. ncbi Overproduction of microbial transglutaminase in Escherichia coli, in vitro refolding, and characterization of the refolded form
    K I Yokoyama
    Central Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co Inc, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 64:1263-70. 2000
    ..These results indicated that recombinant MTG could be produced efficiently in E. coli...
  76. ncbi Molecular phylogenetic characterization of Streptomyces protease inhibitor family
    S Taguchi
    Department of Biological Science and Technology, Science University of Tokyo, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda shi, Chiba 278, Japan
    J Mol Evol 44:542-51. 1997
    ....
  77. ncbi Protein secretion in streptomycetes
    R Morosoli
    Centre de Recherche en Microbiologie Appliquee, Institut Armand Frappier, Universite du Quebec, Ville de Laval, Que, Canada
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 146:167-74. 1997
    ....
  78. ncbi Molecular cloning and characterization of the obg gene of Streptomyces griseus in relation to the onset of morphological differentiation
    S Okamoto
    National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    J Bacteriol 179:170-9. 1997
    ..usually accompanied by a decrease in intracellular GTP pool size, as has been demonstrated in bacillaceae, streptomycetaceae, and yeasts...
  79. ncbi The bacterial paromomycin resistance gene, aphH, as a dominant selectable marker in Volvox carteri
    Thomas Jakobiak
    , , D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
    Protist 155:381-93. 2004
    ..This makes the engineered bacterial aphH gene an efficient dominant selection marker for the transformation and co-transformation of a broad range of V. carteri strains without the recurring need for using auxotrophic recipient strains...
  80. ncbi New antibiotic Sch 725424 and its dehydration product Sch 725428 from Kitasatospora sp
    Shu Wei Yang
    Schering Plough Research Institute, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
    J Antibiot (Tokyo) 58:192-5. 2005
    ..Compound 1 showed inhibitory activity against Staphylococcus aureus with MIC values 1-2 microg/ml, and also displayed weak antifungal activity against Saccharomyces cerevisiae (PM503) with an MIC 32 microg/ml...
  81. ncbi Conserved cis-acting elements upstream of genes composing the chitinolytic system of streptomycetes are DasR-responsive elements
    Séverine Colson
    Centre d Ingénierie des Protéines, Universite de Liege, Institut de Chimie B6a, Liege, Belgium
    J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 12:60-6. 2007
    ....
  82. ncbi Production of epsilon-poly-L-lysine by newly isolated Kitasatospora sp. PL6-3
    Jia Ouyang
    College of Life Science and Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, PR China
    Biotechnol J 1:1459-63. 2006
    ..PL6-3 in culture broth were different from those reported from strains of Streptomycetaceae, as no mycelium pellets were observed during the course of fermentation of PL6-3, which was beneficial to ..
  83. ncbi New antibiotics from bacterial natural products
    Jon Clardy
    Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Nat Biotechnol 24:1541-50. 2006
    ....
  84. ncbi Biosynthetic study of FR-900848: origin of the aminodeoxynucleoside part
    Hiroaki Watanabe
    Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 0810, Japan
    J Antibiot (Tokyo) 59:607-10. 2006
    ..The 5"-amino-5"-deoxy-5',6'-dihydrouridine moiety was derived from ribose and aspartate. Based on the feeding experiments, a detailed biosynthetic pathway producing the aminodeoxydihydrouridine moiety of FR-900848 was proposed...
  85. ncbi Antibiotic bisanthraquinones produced by a streptomycete isolated from a cyanobacterium associated with Ecteinascidia turbinata
    Aaron M Socha
    Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881-1966, USA
    J Nat Prod 69:1070-3. 2006
    ..Their potent antibacterial properties (IC(50) = 0.15-130 microM) versus methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and cytotoxic effects against HCT-116 cells are presented...
  86. ncbi 'Candidatus Streptomyces philanthi', an endosymbiotic streptomycete in the antennae of Philanthus digger wasps
    Martin Kaltenpoth
    University of Wurzburg, Department for Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Germany
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56:1403-11. 2006
    ..Primers for the selective amplification of 'Candidatus Streptomyces philanthi' and an oligonucleotide probe for specific detection by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) are described...
  87. ncbi Terminal phenylalanine and tyrosine biosynthesis of Microtetraspora glauca
    A R Speth
    Institut fur Mikrobiologie, Universitat Hohenheim, Stuttgart
    Biol Chem Hoppe Seyler 370:591-9. 1989
    ....
  88. ncbi [Study on biodiversity of type I & II polyketide synthesis genes positive microorganisms]
    Ping Xu
    Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
    Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 45:821-7. 2005
    ..They were classified to be at least 7 families and 8 genera, such as genus Streptomyces of the family Streptomycetaceae, two genera Streptosporangium and Nonomuraea of the family Streptosporangiaceae, genus Mycobacterium of the ..
  89. ncbi Functional and evolutionary implications of a survey of various actinomycetes for homologues of two Streptomyces coelicolor sporulation genes
    J Soliveri
    John Innes Institute, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
    J Gen Microbiol 139:2569-78. 1993
    ..griseocarnum gene products could function well in S. coelicolor. However, studies with hybrid transcription units suggested that the promoter region of whiB-Stv is somewhat inefficient in S. coelicolor...
  90. ncbi [High expression of mirobial transglutaminase gene from Streptoverticillium mobaraense in Escherichia coli]
    Bin Xu
    Institute of Hematology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin 300020, China
    Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao 21:794-8. 2005
    ..The specific activity of purified MTG was close to that of native MTG. Taken together, this study might provide a base for the industrial production of microbial transglutaminase...
  91. ncbi Fatal pulmonary infection associated with a novel organism, "para-streptomyces abscessus"
    W Garrett Nichols
    Program in Infectious Diseases, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 43:5376-9. 2005
    ..16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated a potentially unique organism most closely related to the genus Streptomyces, for which we propose the name "Para-streptomyces abscessus."..
  92. ncbi Grouping of streptomycetes using 16S-ITS RFLP fingerprinting
    Benjamin Lanoot
    BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection and Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, University Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Benjamin.Lanoot @Ugent.be
    Res Microbiol 156:755-62. 2005
    ....
  93. ncbi Competing factors of compost concentration and proximity to root affect the distribution of streptomycetes
    Ehud Inbar
    Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
    Microb Ecol 50:73-81. 2005
    ..The application of a streptomycetes-specific PCR primer set combined with DGGE analysis provided a rapid means of examining the distribution and ecology of streptomycetes in soils and plant-associated environments...
  94. ncbi Streptacidiphilus jiangxiensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from acidic rhizosphere soil in China
    Ying Huang
    State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 86:159-65. 2004
    ..The name proposed for this new species is Streptacidiphilus jiangxiensis, the type strain is isolate 33214T (= AS 4.1857T = JCM 12277T)...
  95. ncbi Lysine-rich histone (H1) is a lysyl substrate of tissue transglutaminase: possible involvement of transglutaminase in the formation of nuclear aggregates in (CAG)(n)/Q(n) expansion diseases
    A J Cooper
    Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
    Dev Neurosci 22:404-17. 2000
    ....
  96. ncbi [Search for A factor-dependent variants in actinomycete population]
    O V Efremenkova
    Gauze Institute of New Antibiotics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, ul Bol shaya Pirogovskaya 11, Moscow, Russia
    Mikrobiologiia 72:766-9. 2003
    ..citreofluorescens and S. viridovulgaris subsp. albomarinus and at 10 micrograms/ml for S. griseus...
  97. ncbi Substrate specificity of streptomyces transglutaminases
    James Langston
    Novozymes, Inc, 1445 Drew Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Appl Biochem Biotechnol 136:291-308. 2007
    ..Correlation of the electronic and steric features of the substrates with their reactivity supported the mechanism previously proposed for Streptomyces mobaraensis TGase...
  98. ncbi Isolation and characterization of endophytic streptomycete antagonists of Fusarium wilt pathogen from surface-sterilized banana roots
    Lixiang Cao
    State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol and Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yatsen) University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 247:147-52. 2005
    ..These findings indicate the potential of developing siderophore-producing Streptomyces endophytes for the biological control of fusarium wilt disease of banana...
  99. ncbi Scanning electron microscopy of some endophytic streptomycetes in snakevine--Kennedia nigricans
    Uvidello Castillo
    Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA
    Scanning 27:305-11. 2005
    ..In addition, unusual colony morphology, observed with the unaided eye can very easily be used to distinguish some of these isolates since characteristic donut and pseudo-horn shaped colonies appeared in culture...

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    Paul R Jensen; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The methods developed will be made widely available to the research community and thereby have a broad impact on drug discovery and basic biomedical research. ..