Amycolatopsis orientalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
Class: | Actinobacteria |
Order: | Actinomycetales |
Family: | Pseudonocardiaceae |
Genus: | Amycolatopsis |
Species: | A. orientalis |
Binomial name | |
Amycolatopsis orientalis Pittenger & Brigham, 1956 |
Amycolatopsis orientalis previously known as Streptomyces orientalis is a bacterium. It is considered an Actinobacterium 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.