Streptomyces rimosus

Streptomyces rimosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
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.

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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).
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