Streptomyces

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Streptomyces bacteria comprise around 500 known species and thousands of strain variants. They are filamentous, sporulating bacteria best know for their prolific production of secondary metabolites, many of which are used in human medicine. Selman Waksman made them famous by identifying the first antibiotics from these bacteria, including streptomycin which is used to treat tuberculosis, but the field of Streptomyces genetics was founded by Sir David Hopwood FRS when he moved to Norwich to become [www.jic.ac.uk John Innes Professor] of Genetics at the newly established [www.uea.ac.uk University of East Anglia] in 1968. He recruited Keith Chater, Mervyn Bibb and Mark Buttner who have all made outstanding contributions to the field and trained many of the scientists who now work on Streptomyces bacteria all over the world. Below are links to Streptomyces species with high quality genome sequences:

Streptomyces albidoflavus

Streptomyces avermitilis

Streptomyces clavuligerus

Streptomyces coelicolor

Streptomyces formicae

Streptomyces griseus

Streptomyces venezuelae