Competition sensing alters antibiotic production in Streptomyces
S. Westhoff, A. Kloosterman, S. F. A. van Hoesel, G. P. van Wezel, D. E. Rozen
This study shows that Streptomyces produce antibiotics more when competing with closely related strains or those sharing biosynthetic pathways, but not when threatened by toxins, and often reduce production under resource limitation.
mBio · Feb 23, 2021Peer-reviewedMicrobiology