''Streptomyces peucetius'' is a bacterium species in the genus ''

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 ...

''. ''S. peucetius'' produces the

anthracycline Anthracyclines are a class of drugs used in cancer chemotherapy that are extracted from '' Streptomyces peucetius'' bacterium. These compounds are used to treat many cancers, including leukemias, lymphomas, breast, stomach, uterine, ovarian, b ...

antitumor antibiotics daunorubicin and

doxorubicin Doxorubicin, sold under the brand name Adriamycin among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat cancer. This includes breast cancer, bladder cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, and acute lymphocytic leukemia. It is often used toge ...

(also known as adriamycin).Adriamycin, 14-hydroxydaimomycin, a new antitumor antibiotic from S. Peucetius var. caesius. F. Arcamone, G. Cassinelli, G. Fantini, A. Grein, P. Orezzi, C. Pol and C. Spalla, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, November 1969, Volume 11, Issue 6, pages 1101–1110, Recent work has identified an antibacterial macrolide, peucemycin, with activity against growth of '' S. aureus'', '' P. hauseri'', and '' S. enterica.''

References

External links

''Streptomyces peucetius'' on www.uniprot.org

Type strain of ''Streptomyces peucetius'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
peucetius Bacteria described in 1963 {{Streptomyces-stub