- Source: Streptomyces afghaniensis
Streptomyces afghaniensis is a bacterium species from the genus of Streptomyces which has been isolated from soil in Afghanistan. Streptomyces afghaniensis produces the antibiotic taitomycin.
See also
List of Streptomyces species
References
Further reading
Vijayakumar, R; Panneerselvam, K; Muthukumar, C; Thajuddin, N; Panneerselvam, A; Saravanamuthu, R (2012). "Optimization of Antimicrobial Production by a Marine Actinomycete Streptomyces afghaniensis VPTS3-1 Isolated from Palk Strait, East Coast of India". Indian Journal of Microbiology. 52 (2): 230–9. doi:10.1007/s12088-011-0138-x. PMC 3386434. PMID 23729887.
Tadeusz Korzybski; Zuzanna Kowszyk-Gindifer; Wlodzimierz Kurylowicz (2013). Antibiotics: Origin, Nature and Properties. Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-4832-2304-9.
Antibiotics: Science of Synthesis: Biocatalysis in Organic Synthesis, volume 3. Georg Thieme Verlag. 2015. ISBN 978-3-13-176651-9.
Se-Kwon Kim (2013). Marine Microbiology: Bioactive Compounds and Biotechnological Applications. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-3-527-66527-3.
External links
Type strain of Streptomyces afghaniensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase