Order Actinomycetales | Class Actinobacteria Phylum Actinobacteria Rank Species | |
Similar Amycolatopsis, Actinoplanes, Actinomycetales, Saccharopolyspora erythraea, Streptomyces rimosus | ||
Amycolatopsis orientalis previously known as Streptomyces orientalis is a bacterium. 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.
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