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Mervyn Bibb

 

Mervyn Bibb

Publications (Since 2000)

Murakami T., Burian J., Yanai K., Bibb M.J., Thompson C.J. (2011) A system for the targeted amplification of bacterial gene clusters multiplies antibiotic yield in Streptomyces coelicolor.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108: 16020-16025

Seipke R.F., Crossman L., Drou N., Heavens D., Bibb M.J., Caccamo M., Hutchings M.I. 2011 Draft Genome Sequence of Streptomyces Strain S4, a Symbiont of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Acromyrmex octospinosus. Journal of Bacteriology 193: 4270-4271

Gottardi E.M., Krawczyk J.M., von Suchodoletz H., Schadt S., Mühlenweg A., Uguru G.C., Pelzer S., Fiedler H.P., Bibb M.J., Stach J.E. and Süssmuth R. D. 2011 Abyssomicin biosynthesis: formation of an unusual polyketide, antibiotic-feeding studies and genetic analysis. ChemBioChem 12: 1401-1410.

Roh H., Uguru G.C., Ko H.J., Kim S., Kim B.Y., Goodfellow M., Bull A.T., Kim K.H., Bibb M.J., Choi I.G., Stach J.E. 2011 Genome Sequence of the Abyssomicin and Proximicin-Producing Marine Actinomycete Verrucosispora maris AB-18-032. Journal of Bacteriology 193(13): 3391-3392.

Hesketh A., Hill C., Mokhtar J., Novotna G., Tran N., Bibb M., Hong H.J. 2011 Genome-wide dynamics of a bacterial response to antibiotics that target the cell envelope. BMC Genomics. 12: 226

Foulston L., Bibb M. 2011 Feed-forward regulation of microbisporicin biosynthesis in Microbispora corallina. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(12): 3064-3071

Claesen J., Bibb M.J. 2011 Grisemycin, a new member of the linaridin family of ribosomally synthesized peptides produced by Streptomyces griseus IFO 13350: biosynthesis and regulation. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(10): 2510-2516

Pullan S.T., Chandra G., Bibb M.J. and Merrick M. 2011 Genome-wide analysis of the role of GlnR in Streptomyces venezuelae provides new insights into global nitrogen regulation in actinomycetes. BMC Genomics 12: 175.

Murakami T., Sumida N., Bibb M. and Yanai K. 2011 ZouA, a putative relaxase, is essential for DNA amplification in Streptomyces kanamyceticus. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(8): 1815-1822.

Gomez-Escribano, J.P. and Bibb, M. 2010 Engineering Streptomyces coelicolor for heterologous expression of secondary metabolite gene clusters. Microbial Biotechnology. 4(2): 207-215

Wyszynski F.J., Hesketh A.R., Bibb M.J. and Davis B. G. 2010 Dissecting tunicamycin biosynthesis by genome mining: cloning and heterologous expression of a minimal gene cluster Chemical Science 1: 581–589

Claesen, J. and Bibb, M. 2010 Genome mining and genetic analysis of cypemycin biosynthesis reveal an unusual class of posttranslationally modified peptides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107(37): 16297-16302

Barke, J., Seipke, R.F., Gruschow, S., Heavens, D., Drou, N., Bibb, M.J., Goss, R.J., Yu, D.W. and Hutchings, M.I. 2010 A mixed community of actinomycetes produce multiple antibiotics for the fungus farming ant Acromyrmex octospinosus. BMC Biol. 8: 109

Marcone, G.L., Foulston, L., Binda, E., Marinelli, F., Bibb, M. and Beltrametti, F. 2010 Methods for the genetic manipulation of Nonomuraea sp. ATCC 39727. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 37: 1097-1103

Foulston, L.C. and Bibb, M.J. 2010 Microbisporicin gene cluster reveals unusual features of lantibiotic biosynthesis in actinomycetes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107(30): 13461-13466

Flinspach, K., Westrich, L., Kaysser, L., Siebenberg, S., Gomez-Escribano, J.P., Bibb, M., Gust, B. and Heide, L. 2010 Heterologous expression of the biosynthetic gene clusters of coumermycin A(1), clorobiocin and caprazamycins in genetically modified Streptomyces coelicolor strains. Biopolymers 93(9): 823-832.

Gottelt, M., Kol, S., Gomez-Escribano, J.P., Bibb, M. and Takano, E. 2010 Deletion of a regulatory gene within the cpk gene cluster reveals novel antibacterial activity in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Microbiology. 156(Pt 8): 2343-2353

Parker, J.L., Jones, A.M., Serazetdinova, L., Saalbach, G., Bibb, M.J. and Naldrett, M.J. 2010 Analysis of the phosphoproteome of the multicellular bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) by protein/peptide fractionation, phosphopeptide enrichment and high accuracy mass spectrometry. Proteomics. 10: 2486-2497

Marcone, G.L., Beltrametti, F., Binda, E., Carrano, L., Foulston, L., Hesketh, A., Bibb, M. and Marinelli, F. 2010 A novel mechanism of glycopeptide resistance in the A40926 producer Nonomuraea sp. ATCC 39727. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 54(6): 2465-72. [pdf]

Goto, Y., Li, B., Claesen, J., Shi, Y., Bibb, M.J. and van der Donk, W.A. 2010 Discovery of unique lanthionine synthetases reveals new mechanistic and evolutionary insights. PLOS Biology 8(3): e1000339. [pdf]

Hesketh, A., Kock, H., Mootien, S. and Bibb M. 2009 The role of absC, a novel regulatory gene for secondary metabolism, in zinc-dependent antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Molecular Microbiology, 74(6): 1427-44.

Bibb, M.J. and Hesketh, A. 2009 Analyzing the Regulation of Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces. In Methods in Enzymology: Complex enzymes in microbial natural product biosynthesis, part A: overview articles and peptides (Hopwood, D.A., ed.) Academic Press, pp 93-116. [pdf]

Gomez-Escribano, J.P., Martín, J.F., Hesketh, A., Bibb, M.J., and Liras, P. 2008 Streptomyces clavuligerus relA-null mutants overproduce clavulanic acid and cephamycin C: negative regulation of secondary metabolism by (p)ppGpp. Microbiology, 154: 744-55. [pdf]

McArthur, M. and Bibb, M.J. 2008. Manipulating and understanding antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) with decoy oligonucleotides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 105: 1020-1025. [pdf]

Hesketh, A., Chen, J., Ryding, J., Chang, S., and Bibb, M.J. 2007. The global role of ppGpp synthesis in morphological differentiation and antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Genome Biology, 8: R161. [pdf]

Olsthoorn-Tieleman, L.N., Palstra, R-J.T.S, van Wezel, G.P., Bibb, M.J. and Pleij, C.W.A. 2007. Elongation factor Tu3 from the kirromycin-producer Streptomyces ramocissimus is resistant to three classes of EF-Tu-specific inhibitors. Journal of Bacteriology, 189: 3581–3590. [pdf]

Stevenson, C.E.M., Kock, H., Mootien, S., Davies, S.C., Bibb, M.J. and Lawson, D.M. 2007. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of AbsC, a novel regulator of antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor. Acta Crystallograph Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 63: 233-235. [pdf]

van Wezel, G.P., König, M., Mahr, K., Nothaft, H., Thomae, A.W., Bibb, M.J. and Titgemeyer, F. 2007. A new piece of an old jigsaw: glucose kinase is activated post-translationally in a glucose transport-dependent manner in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, 12: 67–74. [pdf]

McArthur, M. and Bibb, M.J. 2006. In vivo DNaseI sensitivity of the Streptomyces coelicolor chromosome correlates with gene expression: implications for bacterial chromosome structure. Nucleic Acids Research, 34: 5395-401. [pdf]

Saito, N., Xu, J., Hosaka, T., Okamoto, S., Aoki, H., Bibb, M.J. and Ochi, K. 2006. EshA accentuates ppGpp accumulation and is conditionally required for antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Journal of Bacteriology, 188: 4952-4961. [pdf]

Yanai K., Murakami T., Bibb M.J. 2006. Amplification of the entire kanamycin biosynthetic gene cluster during empirical strain improvement of Streptomyces kanamyceticus. PNAS 103: 9661-9666. [pdf]

Bibb, M.J. 2005. Regulation of secondary metabolism in streptomycetes. Current Opinion in Microbiology 2005, 8: 208–215. [pdf]

Takano E., Kinoshita H., Mersinias V., Bucca G., Hotchkiss G., Nihira T., Smith C.P., Bibb M.J., Wohlleben W. and Chater K.F. 2005. A bacterial hormone (the SCB1) directly controls the expression of a pathway-specific regulatory gene in the cryptic type I polyketide biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces coelicolor. [pdf]

Takano E., Tao M., Long F., Bibb M.J., Wang L., Li W., Buttner M.J., Bibb M.J., Deng Z.X., Chater K.F. 2003. A rare leucine codon in adpA is implicated in the morphological defect of bldA mutants of Streptomyces coelicolor Molecular Microbiology 50: 475-86. [pdf]

Butler M.J., Takano E., Bruheim P., Jovetic S., Marinelli F., Bibb M.J. 2003. Deletion of scbA enhances antibiotic production in Streptomyces lividans 1326. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 61: 512-516. [pdf]

Widdick D., Dodd H., Barraille P., White J., Chater K.F., Gasson M., Bibb M.J. 2003. Cloning and engineering of the cinnamycin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces cinnamoneus cinnamoneus DSM40005. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 100: 4316-4321. [pdf]

Hesketh A.R., Chandra G., Shaw A.D., Rowland J.J., Kell D.B., Bibb M.J., Chater K.F. 2002. Primary and secondary metabolism, and post-translational protein modifications, as portrayed by proteomic analysis of Streptomyces coelicolor. Molecular Microbiology 46: 917-32. [pdf]

Butler M.J., Bruheim P., Jovetic S., Marinelli F., Postma P.W., Bibb M.J. 2002. Engineering of primary carbon metabolism for improved antibiotic production in Streptomyces lividans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68: 4731-4739. [pdf]

Bruheim P., Sletta H., Bibb M.J., White J., Levine D.W. 2002. High yield actinorhodin production in fed-batch culture by a Streptomyces lividans strain over-expressing the pathway-specific activator gene actII-ORF4. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 28: 103-111. [pdf]

Avignone-Rossa C., White J., Kuiper A., Postma P.W., Bibb M.J., Texeira de Mattos M.J. 2002. Carbon flux distribution in chemostat cultures of Streptomyces lividans. Metabolic Engineering 4: 138-150 [pdf]

Takano E., Chakraburtty R., Nihira T., Yamada Y., Bibb M.J. 2001. A complex role for the butyrolactone SCB1 in regulating antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Molecular Microbiology 41: 1015-1028. [pdf]

Cerdeno A.M., Bibb M.J., Challis G.L. 2001. Analysis of the prodiginine biosynthesis gene cluster of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): new mechanisms for chain initiation and termination in modular multi-enzymes. Chemistry and Biology 8: 817-829. [pdf]

Rodríguez E., Banchio C., Diacovich L., Bibb M.J., Gramajo H. 2001. Role of an essential acyl coenzyme A carboxylase in the primary and secondary metabolism of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67: 4166-4176. [pdf]

Sun J., Hesketh A., Bibb M.J. 2001. Functional analysis of relA and rshA - two relA/spoT homologues of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Journal of Bacteriology 183: 3488-3498. [pdf]

Hesketh A., Sun J., Bibb M.J. 2001. Induction of ppGpp synthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) grown under conditions of nutritional sufficiency elicits actII-ORF4 transcription and actinorhodin biosynthesis. Molecular Microbiology 39: 136-144. [pdf]

Weißschuh N., Fink D., Vierling S., Bibb M.J., Wohlleben W., Engels A. 2000. Transcriptional analysis of the glutamine synthetase II and two upstream genes in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Molecular and General Genetics 264: 461-469. [pdf]

Mahr K., Van Wezel G.P., Svensson C., Krengel U., Bibb M.J., Titgemeyer F. 2000. Glucose kinase of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): large-scale purification and biochemical analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 78: 253-261. [pdf]

Kitani S., Bibb M.J., Nihira T., Yamada Y. 2000. Conjugal transfer of plasmid DNA from Escherichia coli to Streptomyces lavendulae FRI-5. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 10: 435-572.

Aigle B, Wietzorrek A, Takano E, Bibb MJ. 2000. A single amino acid substitution in region 1.2 of the principal sigma factor of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) results in the pleiotropic loss of antibiotic production. Molecular Microbiology 37: 995-1004. [pdf]

Van Wezel GP, White J, Hoogvliet G, Bibb MJ. 2000. Application of redD, the transcriptional activator gene of the undecylprodigiosin biosynthetic pathway, as a reporter for transcriptional activity in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and Streptomyces lividans. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology 2: 551-556. [pdf]

Van der Biezen EA, Sun J, Coleman MJ, Bibb MJ, Jones JDG. 2000. Arabidopsis RelA/SpoT homologs implicate (p)ppGpp in plant signalling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 97: 3747-3752. [pdf]

Takano E, Nihira T, Hara Y, Jones JJ, Gershater CJL, Yamada Y, Bibb M. 2000. Purification and structural determination of SCB1, a gamma-butyrolactone that elicits antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Journal of Biological Chemistry 275: 11010-11016. [pdf]

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