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Acanthamoeba polyphaga feeding on Salmonella typhimurium in a simple model biofilm were observed by light microscopy and a detailed record of interactions kept by digital image capture an...
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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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Chapter and Conference Paper
Interactions between Actinophage and their Streptomycete Hosts in Soil and the Fate of Phage Borne Genes
Streptomycetes are an integral part of the soil community and grow as branching mycelia within soil aggregates. In the presence of exogenous nutrients, soil is rapidly colonized by growing mycelia, and the sub...