Streptomycetaceae

Streptomycetaceae
Slide culture of a Streptomyces species
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order:
Cavalier-Smith 2002[3]
Family:
Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)[1][2]
Genera[4]

See text

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

Streptomycetaceae is a family of the 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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  3. ^ 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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