Streptomyces venezuelae
Species of bacterium
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Streptomyces venezuelae[1][2] is a species of soil-dwelling[3] Gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptomyces.[4] S. venezuelae is filamentous. In its spore-bearing stage, hyphae perfuse both above ground as aerial hyphae and in the soil substrate.[4] Chloramphenicol, the first antibiotic to be manufactured synthetically on a large scale, was originally derived from S. venezuelae.[3][5][6] Other secondary metabolites produced by S. venezuelae include jadomycin and pikromycin.
| Streptomyces venezuelae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Streptomycetales |
| Family: | Streptomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Streptomyces |
| Species: | S. venezuelae |
| Binomial name | |
| Streptomyces venezuelae Ehrlich 1948 | |
