Streptomyces toxytricini

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Streptomyces toxytricini
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Streptomycetales
Family: Streptomycetaceae
Genus: Streptomyces
Species:
S. toxytricini
Binomial name
Streptomyces toxytricini
Preobrazhenskaya & Sveshnikova 1957

Streptomyces toxytricini is a Gram-positive bacterium belonging to the genus Streptomyces. It produces the pancreatic lipase inhibitor lipstatin,[1] of which the antiobesity drug orlistat is a derivative.[2]

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