''Kitasatospora aureofaciens'' is a species of ''

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'', and the source of many

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. The organism was first isolated at Sanborn Field on the

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campus in

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, US; the site became a

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Streptomyces aureofaciens'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Streptomycineae {{antibiotic-stub