Streptomyces
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DEFINITION:
- Streptomyces
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A genus of fungus-like bacteria of the family Streptomycetaceae, order Actinomycetales, consisting of aerobic, nonacid-fast organisms that form a non-fragmented aerial mycelium. The genus is separable into several hundred different species, usually soil forms but occasionally parasitic on plants and animals. Most species produce pigments. More than half of the antibiotics of practical value, including the aminoglycosides, the tetracyclines, and the macrolides, are produced from species of Streptomyces .
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