Western bats as a reservoir of novel Streptomyces species with antifungal activity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Hamm, Paris S ^a   Caimi, Nicole A ^b   Northup, Diana E ^b   Valdez, Ernest W ^b,c   Buecher, Debbie C ^d   Dunlap, Christopher A ^e   Labeda, David P ^e   Lueschow, Shiloh ^e   Porras Alfaro, Andrea ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Buecher Biological Consulting   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Bats; Caves; Pseudogymnoascus; Streptomyces; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CAVES; FUNGI; RNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BATS; PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS; STREPTOMYCES; WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME;

BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BAT; CAVE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN;

ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NOCARDIOPSIS; PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS; RHODOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOSPORANGIUM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARIZONA; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL GENE; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOSIS; NORTH AMERICA; NOSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOMYCES; VETERINARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARIZONA; ASCOMYCOTA; CHIROPTERA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOTA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOSES; NORTH AMERICA; NOSE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 85013434415     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03057-16     Document Type: Article

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