Front Cover: Sphaericin, a Lasso Peptide from the Rare Actinomycete Planomonospora sphaerica (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 8/2017)

Draft Genome Sequence of Planomonospora sphaerica JCM9374, a Rare Actinomycete

Planomonospora sphaerica is a rare actinomycete that is a potential antibiotic producer. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of P. sphaerica strain JCM9374. This is the first genome report of a bacterium belonging to the genus Planomonospora The genome information of P. sphaerica will contribute to studies on the structure and function of antibiotics.

Isolation and Identification of a Rare Actinomycete with Antibacterial Activity from Saline Region of Iran

Background: The appearance of multi-drug resistant microorganisms is becoming a global problem. Already several strategies have been employed to overcome antibiotic resistance issue. Developing new antimicrobial compounds from microbial sources could be a beneficial solution. Hence screening programs in order to discover new antibiotics from microbial entities are interesting. Because of high c...

A novel lantibiotic acting on bacterial cell wall synthesis produced by the uncommon actinomycete Planomonospora sp.

Important classes of antibiotics acting on bacterial cell wall biosynthesis, such as beta-lactams and glycopeptides, are used extensively in therapy and are now faced with a challenge because of the progressive spread of resistant pathogens. A discovery program was devised to target novel peptidoglycan biosynthesis inhibitors capable of overcoming these resistance mechanisms. The microbial prod...

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The integrated Rule Oriented Data Management System (iRODS) is a policy-driven data management system that is starting to be used by projects with large data volume requirements that require a highly available system. In this paper we describe an approach to provide a Highly Availability load-balanced iRODS System (HAIRS). We also describe the advantages and disadvantages of the approach and fu...

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