Actinoplanes teichomyceticus is an aerobic, spore-forming, mesophilic bacterium from the genus of Actinoplanes that was isolated from soil and produces antibiotic compounds. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . In 1978, the strain ATCC 31121 of A. teichomyceticus was isolated from a soil sample from Nimodi Village, Indore, India, and was found to produce the antibiotic teicoplanin.
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