''Streptomyces niveus'' 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 in the United States.
[ ''Streptomyces niveus'' produces the ]aminocoumarin
Aminocoumarin is a class of antibiotics that act by an inhibition of the DNA gyrase enzyme involved in the cell division in bacteria. They are derived from ''Streptomyces '' species, whose best-known representative – ''Streptomyces coelicolor ...
antibiotic novobiocin
Novobiocin, also known as albamycin, is an aminocoumarin antibiotic that is produced by the actinomycete ''Streptomyces niveus'', which has recently been identified as a subjective synonym for ''S. spheroides'' a member of the class Actinomycet ...
and the compounds nivetetracyclate A and nivetetracyclate B.
See also
* List of ''Streptomyces'' species
References
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External links
Type strain of ''Streptomyces niveus'' at Bac''Dive'' – the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
niveus
Bacteria described in 1956