Genomic and phylogenomic insights into the family Streptomycetaceae lead to the proposal of six novel genera

Munusamy Madhaiyan, Venkatakrishnan Sivaraj Saravanan, Wah-Seng See-Too, Camila Gazolla Volpiano, Fernando Hayashi Sant’Anna, Fábio Faria da Mota, Iain Sutcliffe, Vartul Sangal, Luciane Maria Pereira Passaglia, Alexandre S. Rosado

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Abstract

The family Streptomycetaceae is a large and diverse family within the phylum Actinomycetota. The members of the family are known for their ability to produce medically important secondary metabolites, notably antibiotics. In this study, 19 type strains showing low 16S rRNA gene similarity (
Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Volume72
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 21 2022

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-10-24
Acknowledgements: We thank Aharon Oren (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) for his expert advice on the formation of the Latin names proposed here.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Microbiology

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