Effects of simulated microgravity and spaceflight on morphological differentiation and secondary metabolism of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4409-4422

  Huang, Bing ^a,b   Liu, Ning ^a   Rong, Xiaoying ^a   Ruan, Jisheng ^a   Huang, Ying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Morphological differentiation; Secondary metabolism; Shenzhou 8 space mission; Simulated microgravity; Spaceflight; Streptomyces coelicolor

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; KETONES; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; MICROGRAVITY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPACE FLIGHT;

CALCIUM DEPENDENT ANTIBIOTICS; DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENE; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY; SPACE MISSIONS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR A3(2); TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SPACE FLIGHT; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SPACE FLIGHT; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 84939998669     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6386-7     Document Type: Article

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