mSystems (Oct 2021)

The <i>cvn8</i> Conservon System Is a Global Regulator of Specialized Metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor during Interspecies Interactions

  • Bailey Bonet,
  • Yein Ra,
  • Luis M. Cantu Morin,
  • Javier Soto Bustos,
  • Jonathan Livny,
  • Matthew F. Traxler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00281-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 5

Abstract

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Interactions between different species of actinomycete bacteria often trigger one of the strains to produce specialized metabolites, such as antibiotics. However, how this induction occurs at the genetic level is poorly understood.