''Embleya scabrispora'' is a bacterium species from the genus ''
Embleya'' which has been isolated from soil from
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
[ ''Embleya scabrispora'' produces the ]antibiotic
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of ...
hitachimycin.
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External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces scabrisporus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Streptomycineae
Bacteria described in 2004
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