''Amycolatopsis'' is a genus of high GC-content bacteria within the family

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. The genus is known for producing many types of antibiotics, including * Epoxyquinomicin, related to ''Amycolatopsis sulphurea'', are a class of weak antibiotic and anti-inflammatory agent. *

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Amycolatopsis orientalis ''Amycolatopsis orientalis'' is a Gram-positive bacterium in the phylum Actinomycetota. It produces several substances with antimicrobial properties, including the antibiotic drug vancomycin. History ''A. orientalis'' was originally discovere ...

'', is being used for infections resistant to other antibiotics. * Ristocetin, made by ''Amycolatopsis lurida'', was an antibiotic but ceased to apply due to adverse effects of platelet agglutination. Now it is used to assay von Willebrand disease.

Degradation of bio-polymers

Several bacteria from the genus ''Amycolatopsis'' are able to enzymatically hydrolyze the ester bonds of poly-lactic acid (

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) films in aquatic medium. So far, it is one of the few known bacteria able to biodegrade the bioplastic outside compost facilities in a relatively short period of time.

Species

''Amycolatopsis'' comprises the following species: * '' A. acidicola'' Teo et al. 2020 * '' A. acididurans'' Teo et al. 2021 * '' A. acidiphila'' Oyuntsetseg et al. 2017 * "'' A. aidingensis''" Li et al. 2021 * '' A. alba'' Mertz and Yao 1993 * '' A. albidoflava'' corrig. Lee and Hah 2001 * '' A. albispora'' Zhang et al. 2016 * '' A. alkalitolerans'' Narsing Rao et al. 2020 * '' A. anabasis'' Wang et al. 2020 * '' A. antarctica'' Wang et al. 2018 * '' A. arida'' Nouioui et al. 2018 * '' A. australiensis'' Tan et al. 2006 * '' A. azurea'' (Ōmura et al. 1983) Henssen et al. 1987 * '' A. balhimycina'' Wink et al. 2003 * '' A. bartoniae'' Zucchi et al. 2012 * '' A. benzoatilytica'' Majumdar et al. 2006 * '' A. bullii'' Zucchi et al. 2012 * "'' A. camponoti''" Zakalyukina et al. 2022 * '' A. cappadoca'' Işık et al. 2019 * '' A. cihanbeyliensis'' Tatar et al. 2013 * '' A. circi'' Everest and Meyers 2012 * '' A. coloradensis'' Labeda 1995 * '' A. decaplanina'' Wink et al. 2004 * '' A. dendrobii'' Tedsree et al. 2021 * '' A. deserti'' Busarakam et al. 2017 * '' A. dongchuanensis'' Nie et al. 2012 * '' A. eburnea'' Chaiya et al. 2019 * '' A. echigonensis'' Ding et al. 2007 * '' A. endophytica'' Miao et al. 2012 * '' A. equina'' Everest and Meyers 2012 * "'' A. flava''" Wei et al. 2015 * '' A. granulosa'' Zucchi et al. 2012 * '' A. halotolerans'' Lee 2006 * '' A. helveola'' Tamura et al. 2010 * '' A. hippodromi'' Everest and Meyers 2012 * ''

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'' corrig. Goodfellow et al. 1997 * '' A. jejuensis'' Lee 2006 * '' A. jiangsuensis'' Xing et al. 2014 * '' A. jiguanensis'' Huang et al. 2021 * '' A. kentuckyensis'' Labeda et al. 2003 * '' A. keratiniphila'' Al-Musallam et al. 2003 * "'' A. lactamdurans''" Barreiro et al. 2000 * '' A. lexingtonensis'' Labeda et al. 2003 * '' A. lurida'' (Lechevalier et al. 1986) Stackebrandt et al. 2004 * '' A. magusensis'' Camas et al. 2013 * '' A. marina'' Bian et al. 2009 * '' A. mediterranei'' (Margalith and Beretta 1960) Lechevalier et al. 1986 * '' A. methanolica'' De Boer et al. 1990 * '' A. minnesotensis'' Lee et al. 2006 * '' A. nigrescens'' Groth et al. 2007 * '' A. niigatensis'' Ding et al. 2007 * '' A. nivea'' Niu et al. 2020 * '' A. oliviviridis'' Penkhrue et al. 2018 * '' A. orientalis'' (Pittenger and Brigham 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986 * '' A. palatopharyngis'' Huang et al. 2004 * '' A. panacis'' Peng et al. 2019 * '' A. pigmentata'' Tamura et al. 2010 * '' A. pithecellobii'' corrig. Mingma et al. 2020 * "'' A. pittospori''" Kaewkla and Franco 2021 * '' A. plumensis'' Saintpierre-Bonaccio et al. 2005 * '' A. pretoriensis'' Labeda et al. 2003 * '' A. regifaucium'' Tan et al. 2007 * '' A. rhabdoformis'' Souza et al. 2015 * '' A. rhizosphaerae'' Thawai 2018 * '' A. rifamycinica'' Bala et al. 2004 * '' A. roodepoortensis'' Everest et al. 2015 * '' A. ruanii'' Zucchi et al. 2012 * '' A. rubida'' Huang et al. 2001 * '' A. saalfeldensis'' Carlsohn et al. 2007 * '' A. sacchari'' Goodfellow et al. 2001 * '' A. samaneae'' Duangmal et al. 2011 * '' A. silviterrae'' Jamjan et al. 2018 * '' A. speibonae'' Everest et al. 2015 * '' A. stemonae'' Klykleung et al. 2015 * '' A. suaedae'' Chantavorakit et al. 2019 * '' A. sulphurea'' Lechevalier et al. 1986 * '' A. taiwanensis'' Tseng et al. 2006 * '' A. thailandensis'' Chomchoei et al. 2011 * '' A. thermalba'' Zucchi et al. 2012 * '' A. thermoflava'' Chun et al. 1999 * '' A. thermophila'' Zucchi et al. 2012 * '' A. tolypomycina'' Wink et al. 2003 * '' A. tucumanensis'' Albarracín et al. 2010 * '' A. ultiminotia'' Lee 2009 * '' A. umgeniensis'' Everest et al. 2013 * '' A. vancoresmycina'' Wink et al. 2003 * '' A. vastitatis'' Idris et al. 2019 * '' A. viridis'' Zucchi et al. 2012 * '' A. xuchangensis'' Huang et al. 2021 * '' A. xylanica'' Chen et al. 2010

References

Pseudonocardiales Bacteria genera {{Pseudonocardineae-stub