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Genetic instability is very common in Streptomyces species, and was one of the first reported properties (Beijerinck, 1913). Usually genetic instability has been detected as influencing easily scored phenotypes such as pigment production (Gregory and Huang, 1964), sporulation, auxotrophy (Redshaw et al., 1979) and antibiotic resistance (Freeman et al., 1977). In some cases genetic instability affects antibiotic production and can be a serious problem in industrial fermentations.
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Cullum, J. et al. (1991). Analysis of Amplifications and Deletions in Streptomyces Species. In: Baumberg, S., Krügel, H., Noack, D. (eds) Genetics and Product Formation in Streptomyces . Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series, vol 55. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5922-7_31
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