Streptomyces lunaelactis

Streptomyces lunaelactis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Streptomycetales
Family:	Streptomycetaceae
Genus:	Streptomyces
Species:	S. lunaelactis
Binomial name
*Streptomyces lunaelactis* Maciejewska et al. 2015^[1]^[2]^[3]
Type strain
DSM 42149, MM109, MM113

Streptomyces lunaelactis is a bacterium species from the genus of Streptomyces which has been isolated from moonmilk speleothem from a cave in Comblain-au-Pont in Belgium.^[1]^[2]^[3] Streptomyces lunaelactis produces ferroverdin A.^[2]^[3]

List of Streptomyces species
Moonmilk – Creamy, cave-crystallized carbonates
Ferroverdin – Green pigment produced in the mycelium of Streptomyces

References

Adam D, Maciejewska M, Naômé A, Martinet L, Coppieters W, Karim L, Baurain D, Rigali S. (2018 Mar 22). Isolation, Characterization, and Antibacterial Activity of Hard-to-Culture Actinobacteria from Cave Moonmilk Deposits. Antibiotics (Basel), 7(2), 28. doi:10.3390/antibiotics7020028.
Maciejewska M, Adam D, Martinet L, Naômé A, Całusińska M, Delfosse P, Carnol M, Barton HA, Hayette MP, Smargiasso N, De Pauw E, Hanikenne M, Baurain D, Rigali S. (2016 Sep 21). A Phenotypic and Genotypic Analysis of the Antimicrobial Potential of Cultivable Streptomyces Isolated from Cave Moonmilk Deposits. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 1455. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01455. eCollection 2016.
Maciejewska M, Adam D, Naômé A, Martinet L, Tenconi E, Całusińska M, Delfosse P, Hanikenne M, Baurain D, Compère P, Carnol M, Barton HA, Rigali S. (2017 Jun 29). Assessment of the Potential Role of Streptomyces in Cave Moonmilk Formation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1181. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01181. eCollection 2017.
Maciejewska M, Całusińska M, Cornet L, Adam D, Pessi IS, Malchair S, Delfosse P, Baurain D, Barton HA, Carnol M, Rigali S. (2018 Mar 21). High-Throughput Sequencing Analysis of the Actinobacterial Spatial Diversity in Moonmilk Deposits. Antibiotics (Basel), 7(2), 27. doi:10.3390/antibiotics7020027.
Maciejewska, M; Pessi, IS; Arguelles-Arias, A; Noirfalise, P; Luis, G; Ongena, M; Barton, H; Carnol, M; Rigali, S (February 2015). "Streptomyces lunaelactis sp. nov., a novel ferroverdin A-producing Streptomyces species isolated from a moonmilk speleothem". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 107 (2): 519–531. doi:10.1007/s10482-014-0348-4. hdl:2268/176264. PMID 25491121. S2CID 769757.
Martinet, Loïc; Naômé, Aymeric; Rezende, Lucas C. D.; Tellatin, Déborah; Pignon, Bernard; Docquier, Jean-Denis; Sannio, Filomena; Baiwir, Dominique; Mazzucchelli, Gabriel; Frédérich, Michel; Rigali, Sébastien (2023-01-06). "Lunaemycins, New Cyclic Hexapeptide Antibiotics from the Cave Moonmilk-Dweller Streptomyces lunaelactis MM109T". International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24 (2). MDPI AG: 1114. doi:10.3390/ijms24021114. hdl:11365/1244854. ISSN 1422-0067. PMC 9866976. PMID 36674628.
Michel, G (June 2023). "Concrétions "guérisseuses". Vertus antibiotiques de certaines substances présentes dans le Moonmilk. Propos recueillis par Georges Michel sur base d'une interview du Prof. S. Rigali (ULiège)" [“Healing” speleothems. Antibiotic properties of certain substances present in Moonmilk. Comments collected by Georges Michel based on an interview with Prof. S. Rigali (ULiège)] (PDF). Eco Karst (in French). 132. Cwepps.org: 1–4.
Reinbacher, W R (1994). Is it Gnome, is it Berg, is it Mont, is it Mond? An Updated View of the Origin and Etymology of Moonmilk. Bull. Natl. Speleol. Soc., 56, 1–13.
Spötl, C (2018). Moonmilk as a Human and Veterinary Medicine: Evidence of Past Artisan Mining in Caves of the Austrian Alps. Int. J. Speleol. 47, 127–135.

Streptomyces lunaelactis

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