Decreasing the hyphal branching rate of Saccharopolyspora erythraea NRRL 2338 leads to increased resistance to breakage and increased antibiotic production

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-146

  Wardell, J N ^a   Stocks, S M ^b   Thomas, C R ^b   Bushell, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic production; Erythromycin production; Hyphal morphology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CELL MEMBRANES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HYPHAL BRANCHING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL WALL; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTATION; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; STREPTOMYCES ERYTHRAEUS;

BIOREACTORS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FERMENTATION; HYPHAE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MUTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

SACCHAROPOLYSPORA; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA ERYTHRAEA;

EID: 0037140420     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10210     Document Type: Article

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