''Streptomyces somaliensis'' is a
proteolytic bacterium species from the genus of ''
Streptomyces'' which has been isolated from a mycetoma from the foot of a man in
Somalia
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
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[ ''Streptomyces somaliensis'' is a human pathogen and can cause actinomycosis.]
See also
* List of ''Streptomyces'' species
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces somaliensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
somaliensis
Bacteria described in 1948
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