- Source: Streptomyces venezuelae
Streptomyces venezuelae is a species of soil-dwelling Gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptomyces.
S. venezuelae is filamentous. In its spore-bearing stage, hyphae perfuse both above ground as aerial hyphae and in the soil substrate.
Chloramphenicol, the first antibiotic to be manufactured synthetically on a large scale, was originally derived from S. venezuelae. Other secondary metabolites produced by S. venezuelae include jadomycin and pikromycin.
See also
Chloramphenicol phosphotransferase-like protein family
References
Further reading
Jones SE, Ho L, Rees CA, Hill JE, Nodwell JR, Elliot MA (3 January 2017). "Streptomyces exploration is triggered by fungal interactions and volatile signals". eLife. 6: e21738. doi:10.7554/eLife.21738. PMC 5207766. PMID 28044982.
External links
Type strain of Streptomyces venezuelae at BacDive – the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase