Micromonospora

Micromonospora is a genus of bacteria of the family Micromonosporaceae. They are gram-positive, spore-forming, generally aerobic, and form a branched mycelium; they occur as saprotrophic forms in soil and water. Various species are sources of aminoglycoside antibiotics with spellings that end with -micin, such as gentamicin and recently found turbinmicin.[1] Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals, unlike most other aminoglycoside names that end with -mycin (e.g. neomycin and streptomycin and are produced by Streptomyces spp.).

Micromonospora
Micromonospora spp. (red colonies).
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Micromonospora

Ørskov 1923
Type species
Micromonospora chalcea (Foulerton 1905) Ørskov 1923
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References

  1. Fan Zhang et al.: A marine microbiome antifungal targets urgent-threat drug-resistant fungi. In: Science Vol. 370, Issue 6519, 20 Nov 2020, pp. 974-978. doi:10.1126/science.abd6919. See also:
  2. Parte, A.C. "Micromonospora". LPSN.


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