Streptomyces rimosus is a bacterium species in the genus Streptomyces.
| Streptomyces rimosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Streptomycetales |
| Family: | Streptomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Streptomyces |
| Species: | S. rimosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Streptomyces rimosus | |
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S. rimosus paromomycinus | |
Uses edit
The antibiotics oxytetracycline and tetracycline are produced in cultures of S. rimosus. Paromomycin has also been isolated from cultures of S. rimosus.
Polyketide synthesis edit
S. rimosus's oxytetracycline polyketide synthase acyl carrier protein differs from most ACPs by having a C-terminus extension.[1]
References edit
- ^ 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).
External links edit
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