A Multidisciplinary Approach to Unraveling the Natural Product Biosynthetic Potential of a <i>Streptomyces</i> Strain Collection Isolated from Leaf-Cutting Ants
The rapid emergence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics has urged the need to find novel bioactive compounds against resistant microorganisms. For that purpose, different strategies are being followed, one of them being exploring secondary metabolite production in microorganisms from uncommon sou...
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MDPI AG
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/17bd718a8a9f4eff99e864064f31a0d7 |
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| Sumario: | The rapid emergence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics has urged the need to find novel bioactive compounds against resistant microorganisms. For that purpose, different strategies are being followed, one of them being exploring secondary metabolite production in microorganisms from uncommon sources. In this work, we have analyzed the genome of 12 <i>Streptomyces</i> sp. strains of the CS collection isolated from the surface of leaf-cutting ants of the <i>Attini</i> tribe and compared them to four <i>Streptomyces</i> model species and <i>Pseudonocardia</i> sp. Ae150A_Ps1, which shares the ecological niche with those of the CS collection. We used a combination of phylogenetics, bioinformatics and dereplication analysis to study the biosynthetic potential of our strains. 51.5% of the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) predicted by antiSMASH were unknown and over half of them were strain-specific, making this strain collection an interesting source of putative novel compounds. |
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