Recent advances on the genus Kibdelosporangium

Abstract:

The genus Kibdelosporangium is a classical group of actinomycetes. Since the establishment of this genus in 1986 by Shearer et al., new strains have been isolated from different habitats by pure culture methods, and 8 species and 2 subspecies have been published. Kibdelosporangium is a rare actinomycete genus and an important resource for obtaining new secondary metabolites. Based on the function and genome analysis of a newly isolated strain and the related literature of the genus Kibdelosporangium, we systematically summarize the research advances of the genus Kibdelosporangium, including the genus establishment, taxonomic characteristics, distribution of the species, the discovery of active secondary metabolites and other functional applications and development prospects. This review provides references for the classification and identification of other new isolates, the discovery of novel secondary metabolites, and the exploitation of functional gene resources from the genus Kibdelosporangium in the future.