Streptomyces achromogenes
| Streptomyces achromogenes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Family: | Streptomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Streptomyces |
| Species: | S. achromogenes |
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Streptomyces achromogenes Okami and Umezawa 1953 |
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Streptomyces achromogenes is a species of gram-positive bacterium that belongs in the genus Streptomyces. S. achromogenes can be grown at 28 °C in a medium of yeast and malt extract with glucose.
S. achromogenes is the source of the restriction enzymes SacI and SacII, as well as the antibiotic compound sarcidin. A strain of the bacterium called S. achromogenes var. streptozoticus was the original source of the pancreatic cancer drug .
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