Project description:We studied the influence of copper in physiological and morphological differentiation of Streptomyces coelicolor. We demonstrate differences in phenotype (germination, growth rate, antibiotic production) and genetic expression between a strain mutated at copper chaperone CopZ (SCO2730::Tn5062), the wild-type strain and a wild-type strain sporulated in a media with 80µM CuSO4. These differences are correlated with the cytosolic copper. Our results demonstrate a pleiotropic effect of copper modulating S. coelicolor development.
Project description:The terminal compartments of Streptomyces are less prone to transcription than the rest of the chromosome. Indeed, the expression of the highly variable regions enriched in those compartments is generally conditional and often requires an empirical approach to characterize the inducing conditions. For instance, in the context of identifying adequate antibiotic production conditions, an OSMAC (“One Strain Many Compounds”) approach is frequently implemented, based on strain cultivation in different environmental conditions (composition of the medium, growth time, temperature, co-cultures, etc.). Likewise, to find the expression conditions of a complete prophage of Streptomyces ambofaciens ATCC 23877 (named 'Samy' phage/prophage), we conducted a similar approach by analyzing the transcriptomes in five solid media (HT, SAF, ONA, MMM, MMM+NAG). The terminal compartments of Streptomyces are less prone to transcription than the rest of the chromosome. Indeed, the expression of the highly variable regions enriched in those compartments is generally conditional and often requires an empirical approach to characterize the inducing conditions. For instance, in the context of identifying adequate antibiotic production conditions, an OSMAC (“One Strain Many Compounds”) approach is frequently implemented, based on strain cultivation in different environmental conditions (composition of the medium, growth time, temperature, co-cultures, etc.). Likewise, to find the expression conditions of a complete prophage of Streptomyces ambofaciens ATCC 23877 (named 'Samy' phage/prophage), we conducted a similar approach by analyzing the transcriptomes in five solid media (HT, SAF, ONA, MMM, MMM+NAG).