Evolution and Ecology of Actinobacteria and Their Bioenergy Applications

GR Lewin, C Carlos, MG Chevrette… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The ancient phylum Actinobacteria is composed of phylogenetically and physiologically
diverse bacteria that help Earth's ecosystems function. As free-living organisms and …

Carbohydrate binding modules: diversity of domain architecture in amylases and cellulases from filamentous microorganisms

A Sidar, ED Albuquerque, GP Voshol… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Enzymatic degradation of abundant renewable polysaccharides such as cellulose and
starch is a field that has the attention of both the industrial and scientific community. Most of …

The antimicrobial potential of Streptomyces from insect microbiomes

MG Chevrette, CM Carlson, HE Ortega… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a global health crisis and few novel antimicrobials have been
discovered in recent decades. Natural products, particularly from Streptomyces, are the …

Lignocellulosic crop residue composting by cellulolytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria: a novel tool for environmental sustainability

JD Harindintwali, J Zhou, X Yu - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic crop residue (LCCR) composting is a cost-effective and sustainable
approach for addressing environmental pollution associated with open biomass burning and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in understanding Streptomyces

KF Chater - F1000Research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract About 2,500 papers dated 2014–2016 were recovered by searching the PubMed
database for Streptomyces, which are the richest known source of antibiotics. This review …

Potential of lignocellulose degrading microorganisms for agricultural residue decomposition in soil: A review

R Shinde, DK Shahi, P Mahapatra, SK Naik… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic crop residues (LCCRs) hold a significant share of the terrestrial biomass,
estimated at 5 billion Mg per annum globally. A massive amount of these LCCRs are burnt in …

Diversity of cellulolytic microorganisms and microbial cellulases

L Liu, WC Huang, Y Liu, M Li - International Biodeterioration & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is a geographically abundant source of renewable energy, showing
enormous potential to contribute to escalating energy demands. Improving the industrial …

Symbiont-mediated digestion of plant biomass in fungus-farming insects

H Li, SE Young, M Poulsen… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Feeding on living or dead plant material is widespread in insects. Seminal work on termites
and aphids has provided profound insights into the critical nutritional role that microbes play …

Systems and synthetic biology to elucidate secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters encoded in Streptomyces genomes

N Lee, S Hwang, W Kim, Y Lee, JH Kim, S Cho… - Natural Product …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2010 to 2020 Over the last few decades, Streptomyces have been extensively
investigated for their ability to produce diverse bioactive secondary metabolites. Recent …

Lateral Gene Transfer Dynamics in the Ancient Bacterial Genus Streptomyces

BR McDonald, CR Currie - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Lateral gene transfer (LGT) profoundly shapes the evolution of bacterial lineages. LGT
across disparate phylogenetic groups and genome content diversity between related …