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References
- 1 2 LPSN bacterio.net
- ↑ Straininfo of Streptomyces iakyrus
- ↑ UniProt
- 1 2 Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
- ↑ ATCC
- ↑ Bitzer, Jens; Gesheva, Victoria; Zeeck, Axel (August 2006). "Actinomycins with Altered Threonine Units in the β-Peptidolactone". Journal of Natural Products. 69 (8): 1153–1157. doi:10.1021/np060063g. PMID 16933866.
