title: Draft genome sequence of Streptomyces strain S4, a symbiont of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus.
abstract: Streptomyces spp. are common symbionts of the leaf-cutting ant species Acromyrmex octospinosus, which feeds on basidiomycete fungus leaf matter and harvests the lipid- and carbohydrate-rich gongylidia as a food source. A. octospinosus and other ant genera use antifungal compounds produced by Streptomyces spp. and other actinomycetes in order to help defend their fungal gardens from parasitic fungi. Herein, we report the draft genome sequence of Streptomyces strain S4, an antifungal-producing symbiont of A. octospinosus.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ryan F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Seipke
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crossman
authors.forename: Nizar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Drou
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heavens
authors.forename: Mervyn J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bibb
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caccamo
authors.forename: Matthew I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Hutchings
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000382:microbiology*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D013559:Symbiosis