Micromonospora

Micromonospora
Micromonospora spp. (red colonies).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Family:	Micromonosporaceae
Genus:	Micromonospora Ørskov 1923
Species
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Micromonospora is a genus of bacteria of the family Micromonosporaceae. They are gram-positive, spore-forming, generally aerobic, and form a branched mycelium; they occur as saprotrophic forms in soil and water. Various species are sources of aminoglycoside antibiotics, which spellings often ends by micin, unlike most other aminoglycoside names that end with mycin to highlight the very different species from which they originate (e.g. neomycin and streptomycin, produced by Streptomyces spp.).

Species

• Micromonospora aurantiaca
• Micromonospora carbonacea
• Micromonospora chalcea
• Micromonospora chersina
• Micromonospora citrea
• Micromonospora coerulea
• Micromonospora echinaurantiaca
• Micromonospora echinofusca
• Micromonospora echinospora - produces highly toxic DNA splicing calicheamicins
• Micromonospora fulviviridis
• Micromonospora gallica
• Micromonospora halophytica
• Micromonospora inositola - produces the antibiotic sisomicin
• Micromonospora inyonensis - produces the antibiotics mutamicin and netilmicin
• Micromonospora nigra
• Micromonospora olivasterospora
• Micromonospora pallida
• Micromonospora peucetia
• Micromonospora purpureochromogenes - produces the antibiotic gentamicin
• Micromonospora rosaria
• Micromonospora sagamiensis
• Micromonospora viridifaciens

References

• Kroppenstedt RM, Mayilraj S, Wink JM (Jun 2005). "Eight new species of the genus Micromonospora, Micromonospora citrea sp. nov., Micromonospora echinaurantiaca sp. nov., Micromonospora echinofusca sp. nov. Micromonospora fulviviridis sp. nov., Micromonospora inyonensis sp. nov., Micromonospora peucetia sp. nov., Micromonospora sagamiensis sp. nov., and Micromonospora viridifaciens sp. nov". Syst Appl Microbiol. 28 (4): 328–39. PMID 15997706. 
• Christine CC, Sanders E (1973). "Sisomicin: Evaluation In Vitro and Comparison with Gentamicin and Tobramycin". Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 3 (1): 24–8. PMC 444355. PMID 4790572. http://aac.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/3/1/24.