Micromonospora

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Micromonospora is a genus of bacteria of the family Micromonosporaceae. The genus name was first proposed in 1923 by Danish physician Jeppe Ørskov in an attempt to classify what at the time was considered "ray fungi" based on morphology.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Members of this genus are found throughout natural soil and sediment environments, as well as in association with roots of plants of various species.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The genus is well known for its ability to produce a variety of medically relevant products.

They are gram-positive, spore-forming, generally aerobic, and form a branched mycelium; they occur as saprotrophic forms in soil and water. Various species are sources of aminoglycoside antibiotics with spellings that end with -micin, such as gentamicin,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> mutamicin,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> netilmicin, retymicin, sisomicin,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> verdamicin, calicheamicin, and the recently found turbinmicin.<ref>Fan Zhang et al.: A marine microbiome antifungal targets urgent-threat drug-resistant fungi. In: Science Vol. 370, Issue 6519, 20 Nov 2020, pp. 974-978. doi:10.1126/science.abd6919. See also:

Species

Micromonospora comprises the following species:<ref name=Micromonospora>Template:Cite journal</ref> Template:Div col

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