Open AccessIdentification of the Antibiotic Determined by the SCP1 Plasmid of Streptomyces coelicolor A3 (2)
Author(s) -
Louisa Wright,
David A. Hopwood
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of general microbiology/journal of general microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2059-9323
pISSN - 0022-1287
DOI - 10.1099/00221287-95-1-96
Subject(s) - streptomyces coelicolor , antibiotics , plasmid , streptomyces , microbiology and biotechnology , identification (biology) , chemistry , biology , bacteria , genetics , gene , botany
The antibiotic whose biosynthesis is determined by the SCP1 plasmid of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) has been characterized as the recently described methylenomycin A (2-methylene-cyclopentan-3-one-4,5-epoxy-4,5-dimethyl-1-carboxylic acid).