Streptomyces coelicolor

Streptomyces coelicolor is a gram- positive bacterium that is found in the soil. The species name means " sky -colored".

S. coelicolor is a model organism for the Actinomycetales. The following characteristics are typical of streptomycetes:

• They grow as filamentous, often branched hyphae that resemble a fungal mycelium. First, the substrate mycelium, which is formed on a solid surface is formed. On this, the aerial mycelium developed.
• At the end of Luftmycelfilamente exospores be, but do not have the resilience of forming endospores.
• Streptomycetes are antibiotic producers.
• They have linear chromosomes instead circuläre.

The genome of S. coelicolor was sequenced in 2002.

For practical work with S. coelicolor, in particular for genetic work, special techniques are needed.