Actinoplanes

Actinoplanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Class:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Actinomycetales
Family:	Actinoplanaceae
Genus:	Actinoplanes Couch, 1950
Species
Actinoplanes abujensis Actinoplanes atraurantiacus Actinoplanes auranticolor Actinoplanes brasiliensis Actinoplanes campanulatus Actinoplanes capillaceus Actinoplanes cibodasensis Actinoplanes consettensis Actinoplanes couchii Actinoplanes cyaneus Actinoplanes deccanensis Actinoplanes derwentensis Actinoplanes digitatis Actinoplanes durhamensis Actinoplanes ferrugineus Actinoplanes friuliensis Actinoplanes globisporus Actinoplanes humidus Actinoplanes ianthinogenes Actinoplanes italicus Actinoplanes lichenis Actinoplanes liguriensis Actinoplanes lobatus Actinoplanes lutulentus Actinoplanes missouriensis Actinoplanes nipponensis Actinoplanes otamycinicus Actinoplanes palleronii Actinoplanes philippinensis Actinoplanes rectilineatus Actinoplanes regularis Actinoplanes rishiriensis Actinoplanes siamensis Actinoplanes sichuanensis Actinoplanes teichomyceticus Actinoplanes tereljensis Actinoplanes toevensis Actinoplanes utahensis Actinoplanes xinjiangensis

Actinoplanes is a genus in the family Actinoplanaceae.^[1] They have aerial mycelia and spherical, motile spores. Actinoplanes species produce the pharmaceutically important compounds valienamine (a precursor to the antidiabetic drug acarbose^[2] and the antibiotic validamycin), teicoplanin, and ramoplanin.

References

↑ Euzéby, J. P. "Genus Actinoplanes". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. www.bacterio.cict.fr. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
↑ Laube, Heiner (March 2002). "Acarbose An Update of Its Therapeutic Use in Diabetes Treatment". Clinical Drug Investigation. 22 (3): 141–156. doi:10.2165/00044011-200222030-00001.

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