Kingdom Bacteria Class Actinobacteria Family Streptomycetaceae Rank Species | Phylum Actinobacteria Order Actinomycetales Genus Streptomyces | |
Similar Saccharopolyspora erythraea, Streptomyces griseus, Streptomyces coelicolor, Streptomyces venezuelae, Streptomyces | ||
Medical vocabulary what does streptomyces antibioticus mean
Streptomyces antibioticus (previously known as Actinomyces antibioticus) is a bacterium discovered in 1941 by Nobel-prize-winner Selman Waksman and H. Boyd Woodruff. It produces a large number of antibiotic compounds, including boromycin, oleandomycin, mycangimycin,, actinomycin, and others.
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Taxonomy
In 1941 Waksman and Woodruff chose to name the organism Actinomyces antibioticus. However, following the subsequent renaming of actinomycetes (also by Waksman), the organism became known as Streptomyces antibioticus.
Morphology
The original authors described S. antibioticus as follows:
Spore-bearing hyphae produced in the form of straight aerial mycelium. The sporophores are arranged in clusters; no spirals formed. The spores are nearly spherical to somewhat elliptical.
It is also described as smelling strongly of soil.
Use in medicine
S. antibioticus produces many antibiotic compounds; these include (among others):