Amycolatopsis orientalis

Amycolatopsis orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Pseudonocardiaceae
Genus: Amycolatopsis
Species: A. orientalis
Binomial name
Amycolatopsis orientalis
Pittenger & Brigham, 1956

Amycolatopsis orientalis previously known as Streptomyces orientalis is a bacterium.[1] It is considered an Actinobacterium species. Streptomyces orientalis are responsible for sore throat infections and wound infections in humans, and are also a significant cause of morbidity in goat populations.

It was the source from which the antibiotic vancomycin was isolated in 1953.

References

  1. Grayson, M. Lindsay (2012). Kucers' the use of antibiotics a clinical review of antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic and antiviral drugs (6th ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 569. ISBN 9781444147520.


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