Streptomyces peucetius
Streptomyces peucetius is a bacterium species in the genus Streptomyces.
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| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
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| Class: | Actinobacteria |
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| Species: | S. peucetius |
| Binomial name | |
| Streptomyces peucetius Grein et al. 1963[1] | |
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Streptomyces peucetius var. caesius[2]
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S. peucetius produces the anthracycline antitumor antibiotics daunorubicin and doxorubicin (also known as adriamycin).[3]
References
- Descrizione e classificazione di un attinomicete (Streptomyces peucetius sp. nova) produttore di una sostanza attivita antitumorale: La daunomicina. Grein, A., Spalla, C., Di Marco, A. and Canevazzi, G. (1963). G Microbiol 11, pages 109–118 (in Italian)
- Aklanonic acid-producing mutants of Streptomyces galilaeus and Streptomyces peucetius var. caesius. Dr. B. Schlegel, C. Stengel, G. Schumann, H. Prauser and K. Eckardt, Journal of Basic Microbiology, 1987, Volume 27, Issue 2, pages 107–111, doi:10.1002/jobm.3620270212
- Adriamycin, 14-hydroxydaimomycin, a new antitumor antibiotic from S. Peucetius var. caesius. F. Arcamone, G. Cassinelli, G. Fantini, A. Grein, P. Orezzi, C. Pol and C. Spalla, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, November 1969, Volume 11, Issue 6, pages 1101–1110, doi:10.1002/bit.260110607
External links
- Streptomyces peucetius on www.uniprot.org
- Type strain of Streptomyces peucetius at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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