Streptomycetaceae

Streptomycetaceae
Slide culture of a Streptomyces species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Streptomycetales
Cavalier-Smith 2002[2]
Family: Streptomycetaceae
Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Genera[3]

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Synonyms
  • "Actinosporangiaceae" Couch 1955
  • Allostreptomycetaceae Salam et al. 2020

Streptomycetaceae is a family of the class Actinomycetota, making up the monotypic order Streptomycetales. It includes the important genus Streptomyces. This was the original source of many antibiotics, namely streptomycin, the first antibiotic against tuberculosis.

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  2. ^ Cavalier-Smith T. (2002). "The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 52 (Pt 1): 7–76. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-1-7. PMID 11837318.
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