Out of 45 actinomycetes isolated from garden soil, pond water and air; fifteen showed good emulsification activity. Streptomyces sp. S22 isolated from garden soil produced maximum bioemulsifier with 0.5% (v/v) sunflower oil during stationary phase at 37 degrees C, pH 6 and 250 rev/min. Emulsification activity was maximum (320 EU/ml) with sunflower oil as substrate. Partially purified bioemulsif...

In the course of a screening program for novel antibiotics showing antitumor activity, a cyclic peptide antibiotic sohbumycin was isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces sp. No. 82-85, which had been isolated from a soil sample collected in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. The isolation and physico-chemical properties of sohbumycin and fermentation and taxonomy of the producing organism, Str...

Streptomyces sp. strain NTK 937 is the producer of the benzoxazole antibiotic caboxamycin, which has been shown to exert inhibitory activity against Gram-positive bacteria, cytotoxic activity against several human tumor cell lines, and inhibition of the enzyme phosphodiesterase. In this genome announcement, we present a draft genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. NTK 937 in which we identified at...

The intestinal bacterial diversity of Stichopus japonicus was investigated using 16S ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) clone library and Polymerase Chain Reaction/Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE). The clone library yielded a total of 188 clones, and these were sequenced and classified into 106 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) with sequence similarity ranging from 88 to 100%. The cov...

Production of reducing sugar by hydrolysis of corncob material with Streptomyces sp. cellulase and ethanol fermentation of cellulosic hydrolysate was investigated. Cultures of Streptomyces sp. T3-1 improved reducing sugar yields with the production of CMCase, Avicelase and β-glucosidase activity of 3.8, 3.9 and 3.8 IU/ml, respectively. CMCase, Avicelase, and βglucosidase produced by the Strepto...

A novel exopolysaccharide named Ebosin was produced by Streptomyces sp. 139, with medicinal activity. Its biosynthesis gene cluster (ste) has been previously identified. For the functional study of the ste7 gene in Ebosin biosynthesis, it was disrupted with a double crossover via homologous recombination. The monosaccharide composition of EPS- 7m produced by the mutant strain Streptomyces sp. 1...

Objective: To study the intergenus protoplast fusion bioactive marine Streptomyces sp ANS4 with the Escherichia coli for the strain improvement. Methods: Protoplast of both the organisms was prepared by lysozyme treatment and fused using polyethylene glycol (PEG). Fusant colonies were regenerated using regeneration medium where all the regenerated colonies are powdery in consistency. Microscopi...

Quorum sensing is known as a communication mechanism among bacteria to control gene expression such bioluminescence, pigmentation, and pathogenicity. quenching inhibition of quorum activity. In order block activity, some produced enzymes which could degrade AHL, AHL-acylase, AHL-lactonase, AHL-oxidase reductase. this study, soil were isolated screened for their These isolates divided into Strep...

In this study, attempts were made to isolate Streptomyces sp. from soil samples of two different regions of Bangladesh and evaluate their antagonistic activity against fish and human pathogenic bacteria. A total of 10 isolates were identified as Streptomyces sp. based on several morphological, physiological and biochemical tests. Cross streak method was used to observe the antagonistic activity...