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Cover Picture: J. Basic Microbiol. 2/2012
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.201290003
Subject(s) - siderophore , bacteria , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , secondary metabolism , antibiotics , streptomyces , biological pest control , botany , biochemistry , biosynthesis , genetics , enzyme
Streptomycetes are well known to have a very versatile secondary metabolism, producing not only 80% of antibiotics used but also a variety of siderophores, plant hormones or biocontrol agents. The filamentous growth of the Gram‐positive bacteria leads to colony morphologies resembling those of fungi. (Foto: Götz Haferburg, Jena, Germany)
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