Streptomyces viridochromogenes explained

Streptomyces viridochromogenes is a bacterium species in the genus Streptomyces.^[1]

S. viridochromogenes produces the natural herbicide bialaphos and the antibiotics streptazolin and avilamycin.^[2]

See also

• List of Streptomyces species

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Grund . Alan D. . Ensign . Jerald C. . 1978-09-01 . Role of carbon dioxide in germination of spores of Streptomyces viridochromogenes . Archives of Microbiology . en . 118 . 3 . 279–288 . 10.1007/BF00429118 . 697510 . 26063874 . 1432-072X.
2. Lv . Xing-An . Jin . Ying-Yan . Li . Yu-Dong . Zhang . Hong . Liang . Xin-Le . 2013-01-01 . Genome shuffling of Streptomyces viridochromogenes for improved production of avilamycin . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology . en . 97 . 2 . 641–648 . 10.1007/s00253-012-4322-7 . 253766611 . 1432-0614.