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Streptomyces
avermitilis
Section: Frontispiece
No: 4E
Lineage: Actinobacteria, Actinobacteria, Actinobacteridae, Actinomycetales, Streptomycineae, Streptomycetaceae
Contributor: S. Mochales
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This strain produces macrolide antibiotics, avermectins, which are used as antihelmintic agents. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015.
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Secondary Metabolites:  avermectin
References:
PMID: 12692562
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