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Streptomyces  coelicolor A3(2)
Section: 8 No: 14
Lineage: Actinobacteria, Actinobacteria, Actinobacteridae, Actinomycetales, Streptomycineae, Streptomycetaceae
Contributor: K.F. Chater, E. Takano & N.J. Ryding

Strain A3(2) colonies produce both a red (undecylprodigiosin) and a blue (actinorhodin) antibiotic. The aerial hyphae often form spirals before developing into chains of many tens of spores. Bar, 1 µm.

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PMID: 9731302

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