Streptomyces rimosus is a bacterium species in the genus Streptomyces.
It was isolated from a soil sample in 1950 by A. C. Finlay et al., who isolated terramycin (earth fungus), later called oxytetracycline, from it.A. C. Finlay, G. L. Hobby, S. Y. P'an, P. P. Regna, J. B. Routien, D. B. Seeley, G. M. Shull, B. A. Sobin, I. A. Solomons, J. W. Vinson, and J. H. Kane: Terramycin, a New Antibiotic, Science 111: 85 (27 January 1950) doi/10.1126/science.111.2874.85.a
Uses The antibiotics oxytetracycline and tetracycline are produced in cultures of S. rimosus. Paromomycin has also been isolated from cultures of S. rimosus.
Polyketide synthesis Streptomyces rimosuss oxytetracycline polyketide synthase acyl carrier protein differs from most ACPs by having a C-terminus extension.
References
External links Type strain of Streptomyces rimosus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase