Amycolatopsis orientalis

Amycolatopsis orientalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Pseudonocardiales
Family:	Pseudonocardiaceae
Genus:	Amycolatopsis
Species:	A. orientalis
Binomial name
	Amycolatopsis orientalis; Pittenger & Brigham, 1956

Amycolatopsis orientalis previously known as Streptomyces orientalis is a bacterium.^[1] 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.

References[]

^ Grayson, M. Lindsay (2012). Kucers' the use of antibiotics a clinical review of antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic and antiviral drugs (6th ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 569. ISBN 9781444147520.

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[1] Grayson, M. Lindsay (2012). Kucers' the use of antibiotics a clinical review of antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic and antiviral drugs (6th ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 569. ISBN 9781444147520.

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