''Streptomyces viridosporus'' 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 ...
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Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
The Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH (German: ''Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH''), located in Braunschweig, is a research infrastructure in the ...
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/ref> ''Streptomyces viridosporus'' produces sistomycine and lignin peroxidase.[ ''Streptomyces viridosporus'' can degrade ]lignin
Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers that form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants. Lignins are particularly important in the formation of cell walls, especially in wood and bark, because they lend rigidit ...
and humic acids. ''Streptomyces viridosporus'' also produces moenomycin A, a component of bambermycin.Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
The Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH (German: ''Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH''), located in Braunschweig, is a research infrastructure in the ...
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See also
* List of Streptomyces species, List of ''Streptomyces'' species
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External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces viridosporus'' at Bac''Dive'' – the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
viridosporus
Bacteria described in 1958
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