''Actinoplanes'' is a genus in the family

Micromonosporaceae Micromonosporaceae is a family of bacteria of the class ''Actinomycetia''. They are gram-positive, spore-forming soil organisms that form a true mycelium. Genera Micromonosporaceae comprises the following genera: * ''Actinocatenispora'' Thawa ...

. They have aerial mycelia and spherical, motile spores. ''Actinoplanes'' species produce the pharmaceutically important compounds

valienamine Valienamine is a C-7 aminocyclitol found as a substructure of pseudooligosaccharides such as the antidiabetic drug acarbose and the antibiotic validamycin. It can be found in ''Actinoplanes ''Actinoplanes'' is a genus in the family Micromono ...

(a precursor to the antidiabetic drug

acarbose Acarbose (INN) is an anti-diabetic drug used to treat diabetes mellitus type 2 and, in some countries, prediabetes. It is a generic sold in Europe and China as Glucobay (Bayer AG), in North America as Precose (Bayer Pharmaceuticals), and in Cana ...

and to the antibiotic

validamycin Validamycin is an antibiotic and fungicide produced by '' Streptomyces hygroscopicus''. It is used as an inhibitor of trehalase. It is used for the control of sheath blight of rice and damping-off of cucumbers. See also *Ralstonia solanacear ...

teicoplanin Teicoplanin is an antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of serious infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant ''Staphylococcus aureus'' and ''Enterococcus faecalis''. It is a semisynthetic glycopeptide ...

, and

ramoplanin Ramoplanin (INN) is a glycolipodepsipeptide antibiotic drug derived from strain ATCC 33076 of ''Actinoplanes''. It is effective against Gram-positive bacteria. Mechanism It exerts its bacteriocidal effect by inhibiting cell wall biosynthesi ...

Species

''Actinoplanes'' comprises the following species: * '' A. abujensis'' Sazak et al. 2012 * "'' A. arizonaensis''" Karwowski et al. 1988 * '' A. atraurantiacus'' Zhang et al. 2012 * '' A. auranticolor'' (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988 * "'' A. aureus''" Song et al. 2021 * '' A. bogorensis'' corrig. Nurkanto et al. 2016 * '' A. brasiliensis'' Thiemann et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' A. campanulatus'' (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988 * '' A. capillaceus'' Matsumoto et al. 2001 * '' A. cibodasensis'' Nurkanto et al. 2015 * "'' A. coloradoensis''" Jackson et al. 1987 * '' A. consettensis'' Goodfellow et al. 1990 * '' A. couchii'' Kämpfer et al. 2007 * '' A. cyaneus'' Terekhova et al. 1987 * '' A. deccanensis'' Parenti et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' A. derwentensis'' Goodfellow et al. 1990 * '' A. deserti'' Habib et al. 2019 * '' A. digitatis'' (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988 * '' A. durhamensis'' Goodfellow et al. 1990 * "'' A. ferrugineus''" (Ara et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018 * '' A. ferrugineus'' Palleroni 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' A. flavus'' Luo et al. 2021 * '' A. friuliensis'' Aretz et al. 2001 * '' A. globisporus'' (Thiemann 1967) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988 * "'' A. hulinensis''" Shen et al. 2013 * '' A. humidus'' Goodfellow et al. 1990 * '' A. ianthinogenes'' (ex Coronelli et al. 1974) Tamura et al. 2011 * '' A. italicus'' Beretta 1973 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' A. lichenicola'' Saeng-in et al. 2021 * '' A. lichenis'' Phongsopitanun et al. 2016 * '' A. liguriensis'' Wink et al. 2006 * '' A. lobatus'' (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988 * '' A. luteus'' Suriyachadkun et al. 2015 * '' A. lutulentus'' Gao et al. 2014 * '' A. missouriensis'' Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' A. nipponensis'' Wink et al. 2014 * '' A. octamycinicus'' corrig. (ex Gauze et al. 1979) Tamura et al. 2011 * '' A. ovalisporus'' Saeng-in et al. 2021 * '' A. palleronii'' Goodfellow et al. 1990 * '' A. philippinensis'' Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' A. ramoplaninifer'' Marcone et al. 2017 * '' A. rectilineatus'' Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1975 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' A. regularis'' (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988 * '' A. rhizophilus'' He et al. 2015 * '' A. rishiriensis'' Yamamura et al. 2012 * '' A. sediminis'' Qu et al. 2018 * '' A. siamensis'' Suriyachadkun et al. 2013 * '' A. sichuanensis'' Sun et al. 2009 * "'' A. solisilvae''" Ma et al. 2020 * '' A. subglobosus'' Ngaemthao et al. 2016 * '' A. teichomyceticus'' Wink et al. 2006 * "'' A. teicomyceticus''" Pryka et al. 1988 * '' A. tereljensis'' Ara et al. 2010 * '' A. toevensis'' Ara et al. 2010 * '' A. tropicalis'' Nurkanto et al. 2015 * '' A. utahensis'' Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' A. xinjiangensis'' Sun et al. 2009

References

Micromonosporaceae Bacteria genera {{actinobacteria-stub