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March 10, 2023

Petri dishes containing genus Streptomyces

Petri dishes containing Streptomyces, an antibiotic-producing genus.

[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grants TI 1256446, TI 1248790 and TI 1448068.]

Learn more in the NSF Science Matters story Turning cells into manufacturing centers. (Date of image: May 17, 2019; date posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: March 11, 2023)

Credit: Tim Llewellyn


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