Genome analysis of the fruiting body-forming myxobacterium Chondromyces crocatus reveals high potential for natural product biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1945-1957

  Zaburannyi, Nestor ^a,d   Bunk, Boyke ^b,d   Maier, Josef ^c,e   Overmann, Jörg ^b,d   Müller, Rolf ^a,d  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c ATG:biosynthetics GmbH   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e Information Services to Life Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOMES; METABOLITES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER; CYTOTOXIC COMPOUNDS; GENETIC INFORMATION; NATURAL COMPOUNDS; PROKARYOTIC GENOMES; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION SYSTEM; SORANGIUM CELLULOSUM; BACTERIAL GENOMES;

GENES;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHONDROMYCES; CHONDROMYCES CROCATUS; EUKARYOTA; POLYANGIUM CELLULOSUM; PROKARYOTA; MYXOCOCCALES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYXOCOCCALES; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MYXOCOCCALES; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84961275802     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03011-15     Document Type: Article

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