''Streptomyces lydicus'' is a bacterium species from the genus of ''
Streptomyces
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'' which has been isolated from soil in the United States.
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/ref> ''Streptomyces lydicus'' produces actithiazic acid, natamycin
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, lydimycin, streptolydigin,[ and ]1-deoxygalactonojirimycin
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. ''Streptomyces lydicus'' can be used as an agent against fungal plant pathogens like Fusarium
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, Pythium, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia and Verticillum.
See also
* List of Streptomyces species
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External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces lydicus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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Bacteria described in 1956