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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Streptomycetaceae — thestreptomyces bacteria .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Streptomyces is the enzyme producing bacterium with bells and whistles, set to make a major contribution to a market already predicted to be worth £400 million by 2010…By using bacteria, many industrial processes could be cleaned up”-Dr Michael McArthur.
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The Vancomycin present in the soil was produced by the soil bacterium, Amycolatopsis orientalis Streptomyces orientalis.
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“The Department's comprehensive Streptomyces programme, studying antibiotic production, morphological differentiation and stress responses, is underpinned by the newly-acquired genome sequence of the model species S. coelicolor, and cutting-edge techniques in functional genomics.”
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The so named Vancomycin was found to be produced by the Streptomyces orientalis bacterium contained within the Borneo jungle soil sample.
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The so named Vancomycin was found to be produced by the Streptomyces orientalis bacterium contained within the Borneo jungle soil sample.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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Chose to take this study much deeper and to sequence the entire DNA Genome of Streptomyces coelicolor strain A32.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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It also can secrete these substances through its cell walls and be thereby be harvested without extraction from the Streptomyces themselves in what would be a destructive and costly process.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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“Streptomyces is the enzyme producing bacterium with bells and whistles, set to make a major contribution to a market already predicted to be worth £400 million by 2010…By using bacteria, many industrial processes could be cleaned up”-Dr Michael McArthur.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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This means Streptomyces has a great potential in the new White biotechnology industry which seeks to use bacteria to replace conventional industrial processes.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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For not only is Streptomyces a virtual powerhouse producing significantly high yields of enzymes and proteins.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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