One of the most important achievements of bacteria is its capability to adapt to the changing
conditions of the environment. The competition for nutrients with other microorganisms …

Nitrogen is an essential element required for bacterial growth. It serves as a building block
for the biosynthesis of macromolecules and provides precursors for secondary metabolites …

Streptogramins are potent drugs against numerous highly resistant pathogens and therefore
are used as antibiotics of last-resort human therapy. They consist of a mixture of two different …

The two‐component system AfsQ1/Q2 of S treptomyces coelicolor was identified in our
previous work as a pleiotropic regulator for antibiotic biosynthesis and morphological …

Moonmilk is a karstic speleothem mainly composed of fine calcium carbonate crystals
(CaCO3) with different textures ranging from pasty to hard, in which the contribution of biotic …

Bacteria of the Streptomyces genus constitute an authentic biotech gold mine thanks to their
ability to produce a myriad of compounds and enzymes of great interest at various clinical …

Soil dwelling Streptomyces species are faced with large variations in carbon or nitrogen
sources, phosphate, oxygen, iron, sulfur, and other nutrients. These drastic changes in key …

Microplastics (MPs) are regarded as transport media for heavy metals in aquatic systems,
whereas the effects of the heavy metal-enriched MPs on microbial biofilms are still unclear …

Covering: up to February 2019 Actinomycetes are Gram positive bacteria of the phylum
Actinobacteria. These organisms are one of the most important sources of structurally …

Some species belonging to the Rhodococcus genus, such as Rhodococcus opacus, R.
jostii, and R. wratislaviensis, are known to be oleaginous microorganisms, since they are …