Kitasatospora aureofaciens explained

Kitasatospora aureofaciens is a species of Kitasatospora, and the source of many tetracycline antibiotics.^[1] The organism was first isolated at Sanborn Field on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri, US; the site became a National Historic Landmark.

External links

• Type strain of Streptomyces aureofaciens at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Darken . M . Berenson . H . Shirk . RJ . Sjolander . NO . Production of Tetracycline by Streptomyces aureofaciens in Synthetic Media . Appl Microbiol . 8 . 1. 46–51 . January 1960 . 10.1128/AM.8.1.46-51.1960 . 13814119 . 1057549 .