Streptoalloteichus Explained

Streptoalloteichus is a genus of bacteria within the family Pseudonocardiaceae that contains two known species:

• S. hindustanus, which is known for the production of tallysomycin, an antitumor antibiotic;^{[1] [2]}
• S. tenebrarius, which is known for production of tobramycin, and which was previously classified as Streptomyces tenebrarius.^[3]

External links

• Streptoalloteichus J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

Notes and References

1. Tomita. K.. Nakakita, Y. . Hoshino, Y. . Numata, K. . Kawaguchi, H. . New Genus of the Actinomycetales: Streptoalloteichus hindustanus gen. nov., nom. rev.; sp. nov., nom. rev.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 1 July 1987. 37. 3. 211–213. 10.1099/00207713-37-3-211. free.
2. Galm . Ute . Wendt-Pienkowski . Evelyn . Wang . Liyan . Huang. Sheng-Xiong . Unsin . Claudia . Tao . Meifeng. Coughlin . Jane M.. Shen . Ben. Comparative Analysis of the Biosynthetic Gene Clusters and Pathways for Three Structurally Related Antitumor Antibiotics: Bleomycin, Tallysomycin, and Zorbamycin. Journal of Natural Products. 74 . 3 . 526–36 . March 2011 . 10.1021/np1008152. 3064724 . 21210656.
3. Tamura. T.. Ishida, Y. . Otoguro, M. . Hatano, K. . Suzuki, K.-i. . Classification of 'Streptomyces tenebrarius' Higgins and Kastner as Streptoalloteichus tenebrarius nom. rev., comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Streptoalloteichus. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 1 March 2008. 58. 3. 688–691. 10.1099/ijs.0.65272-0 . 18319479.