Streptomyces rimosus
Streptomyces rimosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Streptomycetales |
Family: | Streptomycetaceae |
Genus: | Streptomyces |
Species: | S. rimosus
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Binomial name | |
Streptomyces rimosus Sobin et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Subspecies | |
S. rimosus paromomycinus |
Streptomyces rimosus is a bacterium species in the genus Streptomyces.
Uses
The antibiotics oxytetracycline and tetracycline are produced in cultures of S. rimosus. Paromomycin has also been isolated from cultures of S. rimosus.
Polyketide synthesis
Streptomyces rimosus's oxytetracycline polyketide synthase acyl carrier protein differs from most ACPs by having a C-terminus extension.[1]
References
- ^ White, Stephen W.; Zheng, Jie; Zhang, Yong-Mei; Rock, Charles O. (2005). "The Structural Biology of Type II Fatty Acid Biosynthesis". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 74 (1). Annual Reviews: 791–831. doi:10.1146/annurev.biochem.74.082803.133524. ISSN 0066-4154. PMID 15952903. (COR ORCID 0000-0001-8648-4189).
External links
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