Streptomyces : connecting red-nano and grey biotechnology fields

DÁVILA COSTA, JOSÉ SEBASTIÁN; GUERRERO, DAIANA SOLEDAD; ROMERO, CINTIA MARIANA

CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

INFORMA HEALTHCARE

Año: 2021 p. 1 - 12

1040-841X

Anthropogenic activities are often related to the occurrence of simultaneous contaminationswith heavy metals and toxic organic compounds. In addition, the increasing demand for food,clothing, and technology has increased the worldwide contamination level. Although it is notfully demonstrated, the high level of contamination in association with the indiscriminate use ofantibiotics, led to the appearance of multi-resistant pathogenic microorganisms. Grey and redbiotechnologies try to counteract the negative effects of pollution and antimicrobial resistancerespectively. Streptomyces is well known in the field of biotechnology. In this review, we discussed the potential of these bacteria to deal with organic and inorganic pollutants and producenanostructures with antimicrobial activity. To our knowledge, this is the first work in which a biotechnological bacterial genus such as Streptomyces is revised in two different fields of global concern, contamination, and multi-drugs resistant microorganisms