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    Field guide · species

    Streptomyces coelicolor

    BacillatiActinomycetesKitasatosporalesStreptomycetaceae

    Streptomyces coelicolor is a filamentous soil bacterium and a model for studying microbial development and secondary metabolism. Its branching growth resembles a fungal mycelium, but it belongs to Bacteria.

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    Tree of lifeScientific lineage
    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainBacteria
    3. KingdomBacillati
    4. PhylumActinomycetota
    5. ClassActinomycetes
    6. OrderKitasatosporales
    7. FamilyStreptomycetaceae
    8. GenusStreptomyces
    9. SpeciesStreptomyces coelicolor
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Bacteria domain
    3. Bacillati kingdom
    4. Actinomycetota phylum
    5. Actinomycetes class
    6. Kitasatosporales order
    7. Streptomycetaceae family
    8. Streptomyces genus
    9. Streptomyces albidoflavus group species group
    10. Streptomyces coelicolor species
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    Structure and identification

    Branching filaments form colonies with substrate and aerial growth. Spore-bearing aerial structures develop under suitable conditions.

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    Habitat and range

    Soil and organic substrates provide variable nutrients and exposure to competing microorganisms.

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    Nutrition and metabolism

    Organic substrates provide carbon and energy, supported by varied transport and metabolic systems.

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    Biological activity

    Colony development involves changes in growth form and gene regulation. Secondary-metabolite production is linked with developmental and environmental conditions.

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    Reproduction and life cycle

    Filamentous vegetative growth can give rise to aerial structures and dispersal spores, which germinate into new growth.

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    Geographic distribution

    Documented isolates and laboratory strains have specific origins. A3(2) is a research strain, not a geographic population category.

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    Ecological role

    The bacterium participates in soil resource use and chemical interactions with other microbes.

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    Distinctive adaptations

    The A3(2) genome has a linear chromosome and numerous regulatory genes associated with environmental responses. It also contains clusters for known or predicted secondary metabolites. This helps connect the bacterium’s changing colony development with chemical diversity; the presence of a gene cluster is not evidence that every culture produces an identical mixture.

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    Evidence

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    Connected life

    No reviewed ecological connections in the collection yet.

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