| Amycolatopsis | |
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| Amycolatopsis jejuensis on agar plate | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Pseudonocardiales |
| Family: | Pseudonocardiaceae |
| Genus: | Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986[1] |
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Amycolatopsis is a genus of high GC-content bacteria within the family Pseudonocardiaceae.[1] The genus is known for producing many types of antibiotics, including
- Epoxyquinomicin, related to Amycolatopsis sulphurea, are a class of weak antibiotic and anti-inflammatory agent.[2]
- Vancomycin, obtained from Amycolatopsis orientalis, is being used for infections resistant to other antibiotics.
- Ristocetin, made by Amycolatopsis lurida, was an antibiotic but ceased to apply due to adverse effects of platelet agglutination. Now it is used to assay von Willebrand disease.
- ^ a b Lechevalier MP, Prauser H, Labeda DP, Ruan JS. (1986). "Two new genera of nocardioform actinomycetes: Amycolata gen. nov. and Amycolatopsis gen. nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 36: 29–37. doi:10.1099/00207713-36-1-29.
- ^ NAOKI, MATSUMOTO (November 1997). "Epoxyquinomicins A, B, C and D, new antibiotics from Amycolatopsis. I. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and antimicrobial activities". J Antibiot (Tokyo). 50 (11): 900–905. doi:10.7164/antibiotics.50.900. PMID 9592560.