''Streptomyces avidinii'' is a bacterium species from the genus of ''
Streptomyces
''Streptomyces'' is the largest genus of Actinomycetota and the type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae. Over 500 species of ''Streptomyces'' bacteria have been described. As with the other Actinomycetota, streptomycetes are gram-positive, ...
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streptavidin
Streptavidin is a 66.0 (tetramer) kDa protein purified from the bacterium '' Streptomyces avidinii''. Streptavidin homo-tetramers have an extraordinarily high affinity for biotin (also known as vitamin B7 or vitamin H). With a dissociation co ...
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See also
* List of ''Streptomyces'' species
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External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces avidinii'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
avidinii
Bacteria described in 1964
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