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Species of bacterium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amycolatopsis orientalis is a Gram-positive bacterium in the phylum Actinomycetota.[1][2] It produces several substances with antimicrobial properties, including the antibiotic drug vancomycin.[3][4]
Amycolatopsis orientalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Pseudonocardiales |
Family: | Pseudonocardiaceae |
Genus: | Amycolatopsis |
Species: | A. orientalis |
Binomial name | |
Amycolatopsis orientalis (Pittenger and Brigham 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986[1] | |
Type strain | |
ATCC 19795 CIP 107113 DSM 40040 IFO 12806 ISP 5040 JCM 4235 JCM 4600 NBRC 12806 NRRL 2450 UNIQEM 181 VKM Ac-866 | |
Synonyms | |
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A. orientalis was originally discovered by Edmund Kornfeld, an organic chemist at Eli Lilly and Company, in a soil sample gathered by a missionary from forests on the island of Borneo. The antibiotic vancomycin was first isolated from the bacteria in 1953.[4][5]
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