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Title:		Streptomyces exploration is triggered by fungal interactions and volatile signals
Author(s):		Jones SE; Ho L; Rees CA; Hill JE; Nodwell JR; Elliot MA;
Address:		"Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. Department Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States. Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States"
Journal Title:		Elife
Year:		2017
Volume:		20170103
Issue:
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.7554/eLife.21738
ISSN/ISBN:		2050-084X (Electronic) 2050-084X (Linking)
Abstract:		"It has long been thought that the life cycle of Streptomyces bacteria encompasses three developmental stages: vegetative hyphae, aerial hyphae and spores. Here, we show interactions between Streptomyces and fungi trigger a previously unobserved mode of Streptomyces development. We term these Streptomyces cells 'explorers', for their ability to adopt a non-branching vegetative hyphal conformation and rapidly transverse solid surfaces. Fungi trigger Streptomyces exploratory growth in part by altering the composition of the growth medium, and Streptomyces explorer cells can communicate this exploratory behaviour to other physically separated streptomycetes using an airborne volatile organic compound (VOC). These results reveal that interkingdom interactions can trigger novel developmental behaviours in bacteria, here, causing Streptomyces to deviate from its classically-defined life cycle. Furthermore, this work provides evidence that VOCs can act as long-range communication signals capable of propagating microbial morphological switches"
Keywords:		Culture Media/chemistry Fungi/*metabolism *Microbial Interactions *Signal Transduction Streptomyces/*drug effects/*physiology Volatile Organic Compounds/*metabolism Streptomyces alkaline fungal interaction infectious disease microbiology trimethylamine vo;
Notes:		"MedlineJones, Stephanie E Ho, Louis Rees, Christiaan A Hill, Jane E Nodwell, Justin R Elliot, Marie A eng T32 LM012204/LM/NLM NIH HHS/ MOP133636/CIHR/Canada Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2017/01/04 Elife. 2017 Jan 3; 6:e21738. doi: 10.7554/eLife.21738"