Biology and Biotechnology of Actinobacteria
This book provides in-depth insights into the biology, taxonomy, genetics, physiology and biotechnological applications of Actinobacteria. It especially focuses on the latter, reviewing the wide variety of actinobacterial bioactive molecules and their ben
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ology and Biotechnology of Actinobacteria
Biology and Biotechnology of Actinobacteria
Joachim Wink Fatemeh Mohammadipanah Javad Hamedi Editors
Biology and Biotechnology of Actinobacteria
Editors Joachim Wink Microbial Strain Collection; Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research Braunschweig Germany
Fatemeh Mohammadipanah College of Science University of Tehran Tehran Iran
Javad Hamedi College of Science University of Tehran Tehran Iran
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Preface
Actinobacteria are Gram positive organisms characterized by normally having a high mol% G+C ratio, filamentous or non-filamentous morphologies, and some members that produce spores through a differentiated developmental life cycle. The Class Actinobacteria comprises 6 classes, 6 orders, 14 suborders, and 56 families. The number of introduced genera of this taxon and their physiological diversity proposes that taxonomical identification of this group will be a dynamic process in future. Actinobacteria are autochthonous inhabitants of soil and marine and often among the dominant population of their ecosystems and may occur in extreme environments. Members of the class Actinobacteria and the development of mankind are inseparably connected. The knowledge of this bacterial group goes back to the year 1839 when Corda identified Actinomyces bovis as the organism being responsible for bone swellings in bovine and to the year 1882 when Robert Koch identified Mycobacterium tubercul
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