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The taxonomy of Streptomyces and related genera.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 May 2001
Anderson A S, Wellington E M
Abstract excerpt
The streptomycetes, producers of more than half of the 10,000 documented bioactive compounds, have offered over 50 years of interest to industry and academia. Despite this, their taxonomy remains somewhat confused and the definition of species is unresolved due to the variety of morphological, cultural, physiological and biochemical characteristics that are observed at both the inter- and the intraspecies level....
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