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Phylogeny of Streptomyces species and evidence for horizontal transfer of entire and partial antibiotic gene clusters
The phylogenetic relationships of a collection of streptomycete soil isolates and type strains were resolved by sequence analysis of trpB,a housekee** gene involved in tryptophan biosynthesis. The analysis conf...
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Molecular detection of bacterial and streptomycete chitinases in the environment
Sets of PCR primers were designed to amplify bacterial chitinases at different levels of specificity. The bacterial chitinase group primers were successful in targeting enzymes classified within the group A gl...
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Detection of Streptomyces Marker Plasmids in Soil
Marker plasmids incorporating a thermoregulated xylE gene (for catechol 2,3-dioxygenase) were constructed for use in Streptomyces. xylE was expressed from bacteriophage lambda promoters, λpL and λpR, under the co...