Streptomyces peucetius is a bacterium species in the genus Streptomyces.
S. peucetius produces the anthracycline antitumor antibiotics daunorubicin and doxorubicin (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.
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External links Streptomyces peucetius on www.uniprot.org
Type strain of Streptomyces peucetius at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase