''Streptomyces globisporus'' is a soil-dwelling
Gram-positive
In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall.
Gram-positive bacte ...
bacterium
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...
.
C-1027
C-1027 or Lidamycin is an antitumor antibiotic consisting of a complex of an enediyne chromophore and an apoprotein.
It shows antibiotic activity against most Gram-positive bacteria. It is one of the most potent cytotoxic molecules known, due to ...
is produced by this species, which is one of the most potent
antitumor
Cancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy (including immunotherapy such as monoclonal antibody therapy) and synthetic lethality, most commonly as a series of separate treatments (e.g. ...
agents.
References
Further reading
External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces globisporus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
globisporus
Bacteria described in 1941
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