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Query: NC_003155:4592000:4593874 Streptomyces avermitilis MA-4680, complete genome

Start: 4593874, End: 4594734, Length: 861

Host Lineage: Streptomyces avermitilis; Streptomyces; Streptomycetaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria

General Information: This strain (ATCC 31267) was isolated and characterized in 1978 by R. Burg and colleagues from a soil sample collected in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Antibiotic-producing bacterium. The characteristic earthy smell of freshly plowed soil is actually attributed to the aromatic terpenoid geosmin produced by species of Streptomyces. There are currently 364 known species of this genus, many of which are the most important industrial producers of antibiotics and other secondary metabolites of antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and antitumor nature, as well as immunosuppressants, antihypercholesterolemics, etc. Streptomycetes are crucial in the soil environment because their diverse metabolism allows them to degrade the insoluble remains of other organisms, including recalcitrant compounds such as lignocelluloses and chitin. Streptomycetes produce both substrate and aerial mycelium. The latter shows characteristic modes of branching, and in the course of the streptomycete complex life cycle, these hyphae are partly transformed into chains of spores, which are often called conidia or arthrospores. An important feature in Streptomyces is the presence of type-I peptidoglycan in the cell walls that contains characteristic interpeptide glycine bridges. Another remarkable trait of streptomycetes is that they contain very large (~8 million base pairs which is about twice the size of most bacterial genomes) linear chromosomes with distinct telomeres. These rearrangements consist of the deletion of several hundred kilobases, often associated with the amplification of an adjacent sequence, and lead to metabolic diversity within the Streptomyces group. Sequencing of several strains of Streptomyces is aimed partly on understanding the mechanisms involved in these diversification processes. This organism is a well known producer of the anti-parasitic agent avermectin which is widely used to rid livestock of worm and insect infestations and to protect large numbers of people from river blindness in sub-Saharan Africa.




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SubjectStartEndLengthSubject Host DescriptionCDS descriptionE-valueBit score
NC_010572:4181403:420167742016774202510834Streptomyces griseus subsp. griseus NBRC 13350, complete genomehypothetical protein4e-117421
NC_015957:10403997:104194511041945110420332882Streptomyces violaceusniger Tu 4113 chromosome, complete genomebifunctional DNA primase/polymerase4e-114410
NC_003888:5042283:504228350422835043134852Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), complete genomehypothetical protein1e-111402
NC_016114:3008500:303046430304643031294831Streptomyces flavogriseus ATCC 33331 chromosome, complete genomebifunctional DNA primase/polymerase5e-111400
NC_018750:2118907:213903821390382139877840Streptomyces venezuelae ATCC 10712, complete genomehypothetical protein2e-109395
NC_016111:3736254:374536437453643746242879Streptomyces cattleya NRRL 8057, complete genomehypothetical protein4e-104377
NC_013929:6251989:626843462684346269279846Streptomyces scabiei 87.22 chromosome, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-103374
NC_016114:4210173:423356942335694234426858Streptomyces flavogriseus ATCC 33331 chromosome, complete genomebifunctional DNA primase/polymerase3e-66251