Draft genome sequence of Streptomyces strain S4, a symbiont of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4270-4271

  Seipke, Ryan F ^a   Crossman, Lisa ^b   Drou, Nizar ^b   Heavens, Darren ^b   Bibb, Mervyn J ^c   Caccamo, Mario ^b   Hutchings, Matthew I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b EARLHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CANDICIDIN; FREDERICAMYCIN A; GRAMICIDIN; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD;

ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS; ANT; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT LEAF; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOMYCES; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STREPTOMYCES; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ATTA; FUNGI; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 79961096650     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05275-11     Document Type: Note

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