Kitasatospora aureofaciens

Kitasatospora aureofaciens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Streptomycetales
Family:	Streptomycetaceae
Genus:	Kitasatospora
Species:	K. aureofaciens
Binomial name
Kitasatospora aureofaciens (Duggar 1948) Labeda et al. 2017
Synonyms
Kitasatospora psammotica(Virgilio and Hengeller 1960) Labeda et al. 2017 Streptomyces aureofaciensDuggar 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) Streptomyces avellaneusBaldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) Streptomyces psammoticusVirgilio and Hengeller 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Kitasatospora aureofaciens is a species of Kitasatospora , and the source of many tetracycline antibiotics. ^[1] The organism was first isolated at Sanborn Field on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri, US; the site became a National Historic Landmark.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Darken, M; Berenson, H; Shirk, RJ; Sjolander, NO (January 1960). "Production of Tetracycline by Streptomyces aureofaciens in Synthetic Media". Appl Microbiol. 8 (1): 46–51. doi:10.1128/AM.8.1.46-51.1960. PMC   1057549 . PMID   13814119.

External links

• Type strain of Streptomyces aureofaciens at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase