Desferrioxamine B (DFOB) is a siderophore native to Streptomyces pilosus biosynthesised
by the DesABCD enzyme cluster as a high affinity Fe (III) chelator. Although DFOB has a …

Expression of non-native transcriptional activators may be a powerful general method to
activate secondary metabolites biosynthetic pathways. PAS-LuxR regulators, whose …

Clavulanic acid is a bacterial specialized metabolite, which inhibits certain serine β-
lactamases, enzymes that inactivate β-lactam antibiotics to confer resistance. Due to this …

The chemical structure of organic molecules profoundly impacts their interactions with metal
ions and mineral phases in soils. Understanding the sources and cycling of metal-chelating …

Two new siderophores belonging to the hydroxamate class, Legonoxamine A (1) and B (2)
have been isolated from the soil bacterium, Streptomyces sp. MA37, together with one …

Background Bacteria within the genus Streptomyces remain a major source of new natural
product discovery and as soil inoculants in agriculture where they promote plant growth and …

Woodybactins AD are a suite of new fatty acyl siderophores produced by the luminous
marine bacterium Shewanella woodyi MS32. While this bacterium has a set of genes …

Actinomycetes are powerhouses of natural product biosynthesis. Full realization of this
biosynthetic potential requires approaches for recognizing novel metabolites and …

Four bacterial strains, with the capability of inhibiting Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the
causative agent of white-nose syndrome, were isolated from male Townsend's big-eared …

Streptomyces sp. strain I6 is a novel strain isolated from an Indonesian mangrove sediment
sample. Bioinformatic analysis of the genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. I6 revealed 23 …