Elicitation of Streptomyces coelicolor with E. coli in a bioreactor enhances undecylprodigiosin production

▶ We investigated elicitation of S. coelicolor by live E. coli in a bioreactor. ▶ Elicitation reversed production patterns of antibiotics. ▶ Elicitation increased undecylprodigiosin and decreased actinorhodin production. ▶ Increase in maximum undecylprodigiosin concentration was 6-fold.