Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Streptomyces griseus is a species of bacteria in the genus Streptomyces commonly found in soil. A few strains have been also reported from deep-sea sediments. It is a Gram-positive bacterium with high GC content .
Streptomycin also is used as a pesticide, to combat the growth of bacteria beyond human applications. Streptomycin controls bacterial diseases of certain fruit, vegetables, seed, and ornamental crops. A major use is in the control of fireblight on apple and pear trees. As in medical applications, extensive use can be associated with the ...
Streptomyces griseofuscus is a bacterium species from the genus of Streptomyces which has been isolated from soil in Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Streptomyces griseofuscus produces azinomycin A , azinomycin B , bundlin A , bundlin B , moldicidin A , physostigmine , fungichromin and pentamycin .
Streptomyces is the largest genus of Actinomycetota, and the type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae. [3] Over 700 species of Streptomyces bacteria have been described. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] As with the other Actinomycetota, streptomycetes are gram-positive , and have very large genomes with high GC content .
It is derived from Streptomyces griseus and is the earliest modern agent used against tuberculosis. Streptomycin lacks the common 2-deoxystreptamine moiety (image right, below) present in most other members of this class.
Streptomyces coelicolor, Streptomyces avermitilis, Streptomyces griseus, and Saccharopolyspora erythraea, are capable of secondary metabolite production. Streptomyces coelicolor has shown useful for the heterologous expression of proteins. Methods like "ribosome engineering" have been used to achieve 180-fold higher yields with S. coelicolor. [19]
Cycloheximide is a naturally occurring fungicide produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseus.Cycloheximide exerts its effects by interfering with the translocation step in protein synthesis (movement of two tRNA molecules and mRNA in relation to the ribosome), thus blocking eukaryotic translational elongation.
Streptomyces griseorubens is a bacterium species from the genus of Streptomyces which has been isolated from soil. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Streptomyces griseorubens produces althiomycin . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Streptomyces griseorubens produces matamycin and althiomycin .