''Streptomyces tendae'' 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 in France.
Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
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/ref> ''Streptomyces tendae'' produces carbomycin
Carbomycin, also known as magnamycin, is a colorless, optically active crystalline macrolide antibiotic with the molecular formula C42 H67 N O16. It is derived from the bacterium '' Streptomyces halstedii'' and active in inhibiting the growth of ...
, streptofactin, geosmin
Geosmin ( ) is an irregular sesquiterpenoid, produced from the universal sesquiterpene precursor farnesyl pyrophosphate (also known as farnesyl diphosphate), in a two-step -dependent reaction. Geosmin, along with the irregular monoterpene 2-met ...
, cervimycin A-D and nikkomycin
Nikkomycins are a group of antifungal medications. They work by interfering with the building of the fungal cell wall which results in the fungal cell breaking open. They were discovered in 1976. The specific agent nikkomycin Z has weak activity a ...
s. Also said to be the source of Tendamistat (HOE 467), an alpha amylase inhibitor
In molecular biology, alpha-amylase inhibitor (or α-...) is a protein family which inhibits mammalian alpha-amylases specifically, by forming a tight stoichiometric 1:1 complex with alpha-amylase. This family of inhibitors has no action on plan ...
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See also
* List of Streptomyces species
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References
External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces tendae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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Bacteria described in 1958
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