Actinoplanes

Actinoplanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Class:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Micromonosporales
Family:	Micromonosporaceae
Genus:	Actinoplanes; Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species
	Actinoplanes abujensis; Actinoplanes atraurantiacus; ; Actinoplanes bogorensis; ; ; Actinoplanes capillaceus; Actinoplanes cibodasensis; ; Actinoplanes couchii; ; ; ; ; ; ; Actinoplanes friuliensis; ; ; ; Actinoplanes italicus; Actinoplanes lichenis; ; ; Actinoplanes luteus; Actinoplanes lutulentus; ; Actinoplanes nipponensis; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Actinoplanes utahensis; Actinoplanes xinjiangensis
Synonyms
	Ampullariella Couch 1964 (Approved Lists 1980); "Ampullaria" Couch 1963; Amorphosporangium Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980);

Actinoplanes is a genus in the family Micromonosporaceae.^[1] They have aerial mycelia and spherical, motile spores. Actinoplanes species produce the pharmaceutically important compounds valienamine (a precursor to the antidiabetic drug acarbose^[2] and to the antibiotic validamycin), teicoplanin, and ramoplanin.

References[]

^ Euzéby, J. P. "Genus Actinoplanes". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. www.bacterio.cict.fr. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
^ Laube, Heiner (March 2002). "Acarbose An Update of Its Therapeutic Use in Diabetes Treatment". Clinical Drug Investigation. 22 (3): 141–156. doi:10.2165/00044011-200222030-00001.

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[1] Euzéby, J. P. "Genus Actinoplanes". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. www.bacterio.cict.fr. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

[Laube2002-2] Laube, Heiner (March 2002). "Acarbose An Update of Its Therapeutic Use in Diabetes Treatment". Clinical Drug Investigation. 22 (3): 141–156. doi:10.2165/00044011-200222030-00001.

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