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Examination of resistance to hyphal breakage in actinomycetes

Reference	P07303
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Colin Thomas
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University of Birmingham
Department	Chemical Engineering
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	143,324
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	15/05/1997
End date	15/05/2000
Duration	36 months

Abstract

It has been established at Surrey that particle size distribution affects secondary metabolite production of actinomycetes; with a minimum effective size. Disposition to fragmentation, determined by peptidoglycan synthesising enzyme ability, can lead to decreased production. The research proposed will underpin a study of this phenomenon at Surrey by (a) providing morphology data using existing image analysis methods; (b) developing a new method to visualise the position of expression marked by a reporter gene; and (c) measuring mechanical properties of the hyphae. (Joint with grant P07291).

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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P07291 Examination of resistance to hyphal breakage in actinomycetes

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