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Signals and regulators that govern Streptomyces development

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Summary, in English

Streptomyces coelicolor is the genetically best characterized species of a populous genus belonging to the gram-positive Actinobacteria. Streptomycetes are filamentous soil organisms, well known for the production of a plethora of biologically active secondary metabolic compounds. The Streptomyces developmental life cycle is uniquely complex and involves coordinated multicellular development with both physiological and morphological differentiation of several cell types, culminating in the production of secondary metabolites and dispersal of mature spores. This review presents a current appreciation of the signaling mechanisms used to orchestrate the decision to undergo morphological differentiation, and the regulators and regulatory networks that direct the intriguing development of multigenomic hyphae first to form specialized aerial hyphae and then to convert them into chains of dormant spores. This current view of S. coelicolor development is destined for rapid evolution as data from -omics studies shed light on gene regulatory networks, new genetic screens identify hitherto unknown players, and the resolution of our insights into the underlying cell biological processes steadily improve.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

206-231

Publication/Series

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volume

36

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Keywords

  • differentiation
  • development
  • sporulation
  • cell division
  • chromosome
  • segregation

Status

Published

Research group

  • Microbiology Group

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1574-6976