Mónica G Malmierca

Dr. Mónica G Malmierca

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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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26 October 2021 in Microorganisms
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ACAna Ceniceros
Ana Ceniceros
LCLorena Cuervo
Lorena Cuervo
CMCarmen Mendez
Carmen Mendez
Jose SalasJose Salas
Jose Salas
COCarlos Olano
Carlos Olano
MMMónica G Malmierca
Mónica G Malmierca
The rapid emergence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics has urged the need to find novel bioactive compounds against resistant microorganisms. For that purpose, different strategies are being followed, one of them being exploring secondary metabolite production in microorganisms from uncommon sources. In this work, we have analyzed the genome of 12 Streptomyces sp. strains of the CS collection isolated from the surface of leaf-cutting ants of the Attini tribe and compared them to four Streptomyces model species and Pseudonocardia sp. Ae150A_Ps1, which shares the ecological niche with those of the CS collection. We used a combination of phylogenetics, bioinformatics and dereplication analysis to study the biosynthetic potential of our strains. 51.5% of the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) predicted by antiSMASH were unknown and over half of them were strain-specific, making this strain collection an interesting source of putative novel compounds.