Production of cephamycin c and clavulanic acid by Streptomyces clavuligerus was investigated using different media in shake flask condition. Highest cell growth (3.8 g/L) was observed in glycerol, sucrose, proline and glutamic acid (GSPG) medium. Although, GSPG medium supported maximum growth, it was least effective for the synthesis of both cephamycin and clavulanic acid. Yield of cephamycin a...

The selection of new microorganisms able to produce antimicrobial compounds is hoped for to reduce their production costs and the side effects caused by synthetic drugs. Clavulanic acid is a β-lactam antibiotic produced by submerged culture, which is widely used in medicine as a powerful inhibitor of β-lactamases, enzymes produced by bacteria resistant to antibiotics such penicillin and cephalo...

Glycerol-stabilised cell extracts of Streptomyces clavuligerus contain an enzyme activity which synthesises ACV from the individual amino acids L-a-aminoadipic acid, t-cysteine and L-valine. Enzyme activity was optimum in reaction mixtures containing 1 mM ATP together with an ATP regenerating system. The ACV synthetase enzyme formed ACV analogs when provided with Lcarboxymethylcysteine in place...

The argR gene of Streptomyces clavuligerus has been located in the upstream region of argG. It encodes a protein of 160 amino acids with a deduced M(r) of 17117 for the monomer. Transformants containing the amplified argR gene showed lower activity (50%) of the biosynthetic ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OTC) activity and higher levels (380%) of the catabolic ornithine aminotransferase (OAT) a...

Streptomyces clavuligerus is a member of the Actinobacteria family primarily known for its production clavulanic acid antibiotic. The need identification new antimicrobials led to volatile components S. metabolites using GC-MS. isolate was obtained from Ocimum gratissimum rhizosphere starch casein agar, and identified molecular typing. preliminary antibacterial screening carried out some indica...

The lack of reliable reference genes (RGs) in the genus Streptomyces hampers effort to obtain the precise data of transcript levels. To address this issue, we aimed to identify reliable RGs in the model organism Streptomyces coelicolor. A pool of potential RGs containing 1,471 genes was first identified by determining the intersection of genes with stable transcript levels from four time-series...