Rescue of morphological defects in <i>Streptomyces venezuelae</i> by the alkaline volatile compound trimethylamine.

ABSTRACT: Microorganisms can produce a vast diversity of volatile organic compounds of different chemical classes that are capable of mediating intra- and inter-kingdom interactions. In this study, we showed that the soil-dwelling bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae can produce alkaline volatiles under multiple growth conditions, which we discovered through investigation of the S. venezuelae mutant strain MU-1. Strain MU-1 has a defective morphology and exhibits a bald phenotype due to the lack of aerial mycelia and spores, as confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. Using physical barriers to separate the strains on culture plates, we determined that volatile compounds produced by wild-type S. venezuelae could rescue the phenotype of strain MU-1, and pH analysis of the growth m

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11448094 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature