Amycolatopsis rifamycinica is a species of Gram-positive bacteria in the genus Amycolatopsis. It produces the rifamycin antibiotics (e.g., rifamycin SV), which are used to treat mycobacterial diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.[2] The type strain of Amycolatopsis rifamycinica (DSM 46095) has been reclassified several times. When it was first isolated from a French soil sample in 1957, it was identified as Streptomyces mediterranei.[3] In 1969, the species was renamed Nocardia mediterranei because its cell wall was thought to resemble that of Nocardia species.[4] The species was renamed Amycolatopsis mediterranei in 1986 after finding that it is not susceptible to Nocardia phage and has a cell wall that lacks mycolic acid.[5] Finally, in 2004, it was determined that strain DSM 46095 represented a new species, independent of Amycolatopsis mediterranei, based on 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing.[1] The new species was named Amycolatopsis rifamycinica.
| Amycolatopsis rifamycinica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Pseudonocardiales |
| Family: | Pseudonocardiaceae |
| Genus: | Amycolatopsis |
| Species: | A. rifamycinica
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| Binomial name | |
| Amycolatopsis rifamycinica Bala et al. 2004[1]
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| Type strain | |
| ATCC 27643 DSM 46095 JCM 12674 NT 19 | |
References
edit- ^ a b Bala S, Khanna R, Dadhwal M, Prabagaran SR, Shivaji S, Cullum J, Lal R (2004). "Reclassification of Amycolatopsis mediterranei DSM 46095 as Amycolatopsis rifamycinica sp. nov" (PDF). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54 (4): 1145–1149. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02901-0. PMID 15280283.
- ^ Saxena A, Kumari R, Mukherjee U, Singh P, Lal R (2014). "Draft genome sequence of the rifamycin producer Amycolatopsis rifamycinica DSM 46095". Genome Announcements. 2 (4): e00662-14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00662-14. PMC 4082003. PMID 24994803.
- ^ Margalith P, Beretta G (1960). "Rifomycin. XI. Taxonomic study on Streptomyces mediterranei nov. sp". Mycopathol. Mycol. Appl. 8 (4): 321–330. doi:10.1007/BF02089930.
- ^ Thiemann JE, Zucco G, Pelizza G (1969). "A proposal for the transfer of Streptomyces mediterranei Margalith and Beretta 1960 to the genus Nocardia as Nocardia mediterranea (Margalith and Beretta) comb. nov". Arch. Mikrobiol. 67 (2): 147–155. doi:10.1007/bf00409680. PMID 5386179.
- ^ Lechevalier MP, Prauser H, Labeda DP, Ruan JS (1986). "Two new genera of nocardioform actinomycetes: Amycolata gen. nov. and Amycolatopsis gen. nov". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 36 (1): 29–37. doi:10.1099/00207713-36-1-29. Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
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