Amycolatopsis orientalis Pittenger & Brigham, 1956
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Actinomycetota
- class
- Actinomycetia
- order
- Pseudonocardiales
- family
- Pseudonocardiaceae
- genus
- Amycolatopsis
- species
- Amycolatopsis orientalis
Abstract
Amycolatopsis orientalis previously known as Streptomyces orientalis is a bacterium. It is considered an Actinomycetota species. Streptomyces orientalis are responsible for sore throat infections and wound infections in humans, and are also a significant cause of morbidity in goat populations. It was the source from which the antibiotic vancomycin was isolated in 1953.