Streptomyces rimosus

Streptomyces rimosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Streptomycetales
Family:	Streptomycetaceae
Genus:	Streptomyces
Species:	S. rimosus
Binomial name
Streptomyces rimosus Sobin et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
Subspecies
S. rimosus paromomycinus S. rimosus rimosus

Streptomyces rimosus is a bacterium species in the genus Streptomyces .

It was isolated from a soil sample in 1950 by A. C. Finlay et al., who isolated terramycin (earth fungus), later called oxytetracycline, from it. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

References

1. A. C. Finlay, G. L. Hobby, S. Y. P'an, P. P. Regna, J. B. Routien, D. B. Seeley, G. M. Shull, B. A. Sobin, I. A. Solomons, J. W. Vinson, and J. H. Kane: Terramycin, a New Antibiotic, Science 111: 85 (27 January 1950) doi/10.1126/science.111.2874.85.a
2. 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

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