Kristine R

May 12, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Kristine R |APC Microbiome Ireland |Alan D. W |Pattanathu K. Rahman

1. Introduction The Streptomyces genus has proven to be a worthwhile source of secondary metabolites, ranging from antimicrobial to cytotoxic compounds, with human health needs being the primary driver of the discovery efforts for these bioactive products (Lacey and Rutledge, 2022). As with other actinomycetes, Streptomyces species are also important producers of industrially relevant enzymes (Kumar et al., 2020), although perhaps they have not yet been as well-explored in this regard to date.