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Query: NC_003155:4592000:4618088 Streptomyces avermitilis MA-4680, complete genome

Start: 4618088, End: 4618279, Length: 192

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_003155:4906639:491011249101124910303192Streptomyces avermitilis MA-4680, complete genomemobile element transfer protein SpdB2e-26117
NC_013929:5248000:526484452648445265029186Streptomyces scabiei 87.22 chromosome, complete genomemobile element transfer protein5e-25112
NC_010572:3925803:393272439327243932912189Streptomyces griseus subsp. griseus NBRC 13350, complete genomeputative mobile element transfer protein7e-1785.9
NC_021177:3997727:401447440144744014662189Streptomyces fulvissimus DSM 40593, complete genomeMobile element transfer protein SpdB2e-1684.7
NC_013929:3299736:334007533400753340254180Streptomyces scabiei 87.22 chromosome, complete genomeSpdB-like protein2e-1684.7
NC_016114:3575955:358001635800163580207192Streptomyces flavogriseus ATCC 33331 chromosome, complete genomeMobile element transfer9e-1579
NC_003888:5790104:581345258134525813643192Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), complete genomeSpdB2 protein1e-1375.1
NC_003888:3602753:360610236061023606263162Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), complete genomeSpdB protein1e-1271.6