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1: Genome Biol. 2002 Jun 26;3(7):REVIEWS1020. Epub 2002 Jun 26.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Principles of microbial alchemy: insights from the Streptomyces coelicolor genome sequence.

Biozentrum, University of Basel, Division of Molecular Microbiology, 70 Klingelbergstrasse, 4056 Basel, Switzerland. Charles-J.Thompson@unibas.ch

The world's most creative producers of natural pharmaceutical compounds are soil-dwelling bacteria classified as Streptomyces. The availability of the recently completed Streptomyces coelicolor genome sequence provides a link between the folklore of antibiotics and other bioactive compounds to underlying biochemical, molecular genetic and evolutionary principles.

PMID: 12184813 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC139385