Amycolatopsis nalaikhensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Bacillati |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetes |
Order: | Pseudonocardiales |
Family: | Pseudonocardiaceae |
Genus: | Amycolatopsis |
Species: | A. nalaikhensis |
Binomial name | |
Amycolatopsis nalaikhensis Oyuntsetseg and Kim 2024 |
Amycolatopsisnalaikhensis is an actinobacterium from the genus Amycolatopsis that has been isolated from a coal mining site soil in Mongolia (Nalaikh coal mining site, Nalaikh, Mongolia). Amycolatopsis nalaikhensis showed broad antifungal activity against several filamentous fungi and also antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It was first described by Oyuntsetseg and Kim in 2024.