Amycolatopsis orientalis

Amycolatopsis orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Class:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Family:	Pseudonocardiaceae
Genus:	Amycolatopsis
Species:	A. orientalis
Binomial name
Amycolatopsis orientalis Pittenger & Brigham, 1956

Amycolatopsis orientalis previously known as Streptomyces orientalis is a bacterium. It is considered an Actinobacterium species. Streptomyces orientalis are responsible for sore throat infections and wound infections in humans, and are also a significant cause of morbidity in goat populations.

It was the source from which the antibiotic vancomycin was isolated in 1953.

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