Involvement of plasmids in Streptomyces incarnatus phenotype.

doi:10.1016/0378-1097(90)90150-o

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Involvement of plasmids in Streptomyces incarnatus phenotype.

FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Mar 1990

Malina H, Robert-Gero M

Abstract excerpt

The sinefungin producing, pock forming strain Streptomyces incarnatus was shown to be thiostrepton resistant. However, it does not produce thiostrepton and structurally related antibiotics. In this strain, five low copy plasmids of variable sizes were detected with electron microscopy. The strain...

Topics

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Circular
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Microscopy, Electron
Phenotype
Plasmids
Streptomyces
Thiostrepton
Transformation, Bacterial

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