Kitasatospora aureofaciens

Kitasatospora aureofaciens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Streptomycetales
Family:	Streptomycetaceae
Genus:	Kitasatospora
Species:	K. aureofaciens
Binomial name
Kitasatospora aureofaciens (Duggar 1948) Labeda et al. 2017
Synonyms
Kitasatospora psammotica (Virgilio and Hengeller 1960) Labeda et al. 2017 Streptomyces aureofaciens Duggar 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) Streptomyces avellaneus Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) Streptomyces psammoticus Virgilio and Hengeller 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Kitasatospora aureofaciens is a species of Kitasatospora, and the source of many tetracycline antibiotics. The organism was first isolated at Sanborn Field on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri, US; the site became a National Historic Landmark.

External links

• Type strain of Streptomyces aureofaciens at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase