''Streptomyces prasinus'' is a bacterium species from the genus of ''
Streptomyces
''Streptomyces'', from στρεπτός (''streptós''), meaning "twisted", and μύκης (''múkés''), meaning "fungus", is the largest genus of Actinomycetota, and the type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae. Over 700 species of ''St ...
'' which has been isolated from soil on
Mallorca
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The capital of the island, Palma, Majorca, Palma, i ...
in
Spain
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.
[ ''Streptomyces prasinus'' produces prasinomycin, validamycin, prasinon A and prasinon B.]
See also
* List of Streptomyces species
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces prasinus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
prasinus
Bacteria described in 1958
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