Streptomyces hygroscopicus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Class: | Actinobacteria |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Family: | Streptomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Streptomyces |
| Species: | S. hygroscopicus |
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Streptomyces hygroscopicus (Jensen 1931) Yüntsen et al. 1956 |
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S. hygroscopicus angustmyceticus |
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| Synonyms | |
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Actinomyces hygroscopicus Jensen 1931 |
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S. hygroscopicus angustmyceticus
S. hygroscopicus decoyicus
S. hygroscopicus glebosus
S. hygroscopicus hygroscopicus
S. hygroscopicus ossamyceticus
Actinomyces hygroscopicus Jensen 1931
Streptomyces hygroscopicus is a bacterial species in the genus Streptomyces. It was first described by Hans Laurits Jensen in 1931.
Cultures of different strains of S. hygroscopicus can be used to produce a number of chemical compounds or enzymes.
Sirolimus (also known as rapamycin) is an immunosuppressant that has been isolated from S. hygroscopicus from soil samples from Easter Island.Ascomycin can be used to treat autoimmune diseases and skin diseases, and can help prevent rejection after an organ transplant.
The antibiotics geldanamycin, hygromycin B, nigericin, validamycin, and cyclothiazomycin are found in S. hygroscopicus.
Indolocarbazoles can be found in S. hygroscopicus .
Milbemycin and milbemycin oxime can be found in S. hygroscopicus cultures.
S. hygroscopicus also produces the natural herbicide bialaphos.
The enzymes alpha,alpha-trehalose-phosphate synthase (GDP-forming), carboxyvinyl-carboxyphosphonate phosphorylmutase and hygromycin-B kinase can be isolated from cultures of S. hygroscopicus.
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