''Actinoplanes abujensis'' is a bacterium from the genus ''
Actinoplanes
''Actinoplanes'' is a genus in the family Micromonosporaceae. They have aerial mycelia and spherical, motile spores. ''Actinoplanes'' species produce the pharmaceutically important compounds valienamine (a precursor to the antidiabetic drug acarb ...
'' which has been isolated from arid soil in
Abuja
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...
,
Nigeria.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Actinoplanes abujensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Micromonosporaceae
Bacteria described in 2012
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