''Kitasatospora misakiensis'' is a bacterium species from the genus of ''
Kitasatospora
''Kitasatospora'' is an Actinobacteria genus in the family Streptomycetaceae. The genus name comes from Shibasaburo Kitasato, a Japanese bacteriologist.
Species
''Kitasatospora'' comprises the following genera:
* '' K. aburaviensis'' (Nish ...
'' which has been isolated from soil in
Japan
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Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
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/ref> ''Kitasatospora misakiensis'' produces tubermycin A, tubermycin B, misakimycin and the endothelin receptor antagonist
An endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA) is a drug that blocks endothelin receptors.
Three main kinds of ERAs exist:
* selective ETA receptor antagonists ( sitaxentan, ambrisentan, atrasentan, BQ-123, zibotentan, edonentan), which affect e ...
BE-18257B.
Further reading
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References
External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces misakiensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Streptomycineae
Bacteria described in 1961
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