Article
Streptomyces avermitilis sp. nov., nom. rev., a taxonomic home for the avermectin-producing streptomycetes.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2002
Kim Seung Bum, Goodfellow Michael
Abstract excerpt
The taxonomic status of 'Streptomyces avermitilis' strain MA-4680 was established using a polyphasic approach. Strain MA-4680 formed a distinct phyletic line in the 16S rDNA streptomycete tree, and it was evident from the almost complete 16S rDNA sequence data that it was most closely related to Streptomyces cinnabarinus, Streptomyces griseochromogenes, Streptomyces resistomycificus and Streptomyces...
Topics
- Anthelmintics
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Ivermectin
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Species Specificity
- Streptomyces
