''Streptomyces microflavus'' 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, ...
'' which has been isolated from soil.
[ ''Streptomyces microflavus'' produces nemadectin, fattiviracin A1, ]milbemycin The milbemycins are a group of macrolides chemically related to the avermectins and were first isolated in 1972 from '' Streptomyces hygroscopicus''.
They are used in veterinary medicine as antiparasitic agents against worms, ticks and fleas. and deoxyuridine
Deoxyuridine (dU) is a compound and a nucleoside.It belongs to a class of compounds known as Pyrimidine 2'-deoxyribonucleosides and closely resembles the chemical composition of uridine but without the presence of the 2' hydroxyl group. Idoxuridine ...
s. ''Streptomyces microflavus'' also produces the ionophore
In chemistry, an ionophore () is a chemical species that reversibly binds ions. Many ionophores are lipid-soluble entities that transport ions across the cell membrane. Ionophores catalyze ion transport across hydrophobic membranes, such as liq ...
valinomycin
Valinomycin is a naturally occurring dodecadepsipeptide used in the transport of potassium and as an antibiotic. Valinomycin is obtained from the cells of several '' Streptomyces'' species, '' S. fulvissimus'' being a notable one.
It is a member ...
.scab disease
Scab may refer to:
Biology
* Scab, a hard coating on the skin formed during the wound healing reconstruction phase
* scAb, single-chain antibody fragment
Infections and infestations
* Apple scab, an apple tree (genus ''Malus'') fungal disease ca ...
in Korea.
See also
* List of Streptomyces species
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces microflavus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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microflavus
Bacteria described in 1948