The potential of the solitary parasitoid for the biological control of the adult cabbage stem flea beetle, .

The cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB), L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is a major pest of oilseed rape, L. (Brassicaceae), within the UK and continental Europe.

The granaticin biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces violaceoruber Tü22: sequence analysis and expression in a heterologous host.

Background: The granaticins are members of the benzoisochromanequinone class of aromatic polyketides, the best known member of which is actinorhodin made by Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Genetic analysis of this class of compounds has played a major role in the development of hypotheses about the way in which aromatic polyketide synthases (PKSs) control product structure. Although the granaticin nascent polyketide is identical to that of actinorhodin, post-PKS steps involve different pyran-ring stereochemistry and glycosylation.