Amycolatopsis rifamycinica

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Amycolatopsis rifamycinica
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Pseudonocardiales
Family: Pseudonocardiaceae
Genus: Amycolatopsis
Species:
A. rifamycinica
Binomial name
Amycolatopsis rifamycinica
Bala et al. 2004 [1]
Type strain
ATCC 27643
DSM 46095
JCM 12674
NT 19

Amycolatopsis rifamycinica is a species of Gram-positive bacteria in the genus Amycolatopsis . It produces the rifamycin antibiotics (e.g., rifamycin SV), which are used to treat mycobacterial diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy. [2] The type strain of Amycolatopsis rifamycinica (DSM 46095) has been reclassified several times. When it was first isolated from a French soil sample in 1957, it was identified as Streptomyces mediterranei. [3] In 1969, the species was renamed Nocardia mediterranei because its cell wall was thought to resemble that of Nocardia species. [4] The species was renamed Amycolatopsis mediterranei in 1986 after finding that it is not susceptible to Nocardia phage and has a cell wall that lacks mycolic acid. [5] Finally, in 2004, it was determined that strain DSM 46095 represented a new species, independent of Amycolatopsis mediterranei , based on 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing. [1] The new species was named Amycolatopsis rifamycinica.

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