Micromonospora

Micromonospora
Micromonospora spp. (red colonies).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Family:	Micromonosporaceae
Genus:	Micromonospora Ørskov 1923
Type species
Micromonospora chalcea (Foulerton 1905) Ørskov 1923
Species
See text.

Micromonospora is a genus of bacteria of the family Micromonosporaceae. 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, which spellings often ends with -micin, unlike most other aminoglycoside names that end with -mycin to highlight the very different species from which they originate (e.g. neomycin and streptomycin, produced by Streptomyces spp.).

Species

• Micromonospora aurantiaca
• Micromonospora auratinigra
• Micromonospora avicenniae
• Micromonospora carbonacea
• Micromonospora chaiyaphumensis
• Micromonospora chalcea
• Micromonospora chersina
• Micromonospora chokoriensis
• Micromonospora citrea
• Micromonospora coerulea
• Micromonospora coriariae
• Micromonospora coxensis
• Micromonospora cremea
• Micromonospora eburnea
• Micromonospora echinaurantiaca
• Micromonospora echinofusca
• Micromonospora echinospora—produces highly toxic DNA splicing calicheamicins
• Micromonospora endolithica
• Micromonospora equina
• Micromonospora fulviviridis
• Micromonospora gallica
• Micromonospora haikouensis
• Micromonospora halophytica
• Micromonospora halotolerans
• Micromonospora humi
• Micromonospora inositola—produces the antibiotic sisomicin
• Micromonospora inyonensis—produces the antibiotics mutamicin and netilmicin
• Micromonospora kangleipakensis
• Micromonospora krabiensis
• Micromonospora lupini
• Micromonospora marina
• Micromonospora maritima
• Micromonospora matsumotoense
• Micromonospora mirobrigensis
• Micromonospora narathiwatensis
• Micromonospora nigra
• Micromonospora olivasterospora
• Micromonospora pallida
• Micromonospora pattaloongensis
• Micromonospora peucetia
• Micromonospora pisi
• Micromonospora polyrhachis
• Micromonospora purpureochromogenes—produces the antibiotic gentamicin
• Micromonospora rhizosphaerae
• Micromonospora rifamycinica
• Micromonospora rosaria
• Micromonospora saelicesensis
• Micromonospora sagamiensis
• Micromonospora schwarzwaldensis
• Micromonospora sediminicola
• Micromonospora siamensis
• Micromonospora sonneratiae
• Micromonospora tulbaghiae
• Micromonospora viridifaciens
• Micromonospora wenchangensis
• Micromonospora yangpuensis
• Micromonospora zamorensis