ELECTRONIC DATABASE IDENTIFYING STRAINS

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
ERIC	REMEL INC.	12076 Santa Fe Drive, Suite 200 Lenexa KS 66215	Electronic database for identifying strains of bacteria recorded on computer media;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Methods are provided for increasing and altering the timing of antibiotic production in Streptomyces species, particularly S. coelicolor and S. lividans, by functionally deleting the S. coelicolor scbA and scbR genes, respectively, or their homologues. Also provided are strains having such mutations, and methods of producing antibiotics using such strains. Also provided are methods for identifying strains in which functional deletion of the scbA and/or scbR genes or their homologues leads to the above effects.