Streptomyces afghaniensis

Streptomyces afghaniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Streptomycetaceae
Genus: Streptomyces
Species: S. afghaniensis
Binomial name
Streptomyces afghaniensis
Shimo et al. 1959[1]
Type strain
AS 4.1689, ATCC 23871, BCRC 12056, CBS 610.68, CCRC 12056, CCT 5011, CGMCC 4.1689, DSM 40228, ETH 31570, IFO 12831, IMET 42942, ISP 5228, JCM 4340, KCC S-0340, KCCM 40178, KCTC 9743, NBRC 12831, NRRL B-5621, NRRL-ISP 5228, RIA 1169, Shimo 772, VKM Ac-703[2]

Streptomyces afghaniensis is a bacterium species from the genus of Streptomyces which has been isolated from soil in Afghanistan.[1][3][4] Streptomyces afghaniensis produces the antibiotic taitomycin.[5][6][7]

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References

  1. 1 2 LPSN bacterio.net
  2. Straininfo of Streptomyces afghaniensis
  3. UniProt
  4. Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
  5. ATCC
  6. Tadeusz Korzybski, Zuzanna Kowszyk-Gindifer, Wlodzimierz Kurylowicz (2013). Antibiotics: Origin, Nature and Properties. Elsevier. ISBN 1-4832-2304-3.
  7. Komatsu, N; Nakazawa, S; Hamada, M; Shimo, M; Tomosugi, T (1959). "Studies on the taitomycin, a new antibiotic produced by Streptomyces afghaniensis. IV. Effect of taitomycin on experimental psittacosis". The Journal of antibiotics 12: 173–6. PMID 13853434.
External identifiers for Streptomyces afghaniensis
Encyclopedia of Life 972150


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