Streptomyces  

 
Streptomyces colonies on agar                    Streptomyces mycelium

What you should know:

Streptomyces forms one of the most important antibiotic-producing bacterial groups. It is a filamentous actinomycete with hyphae and (external) spores. The colonies seen in this photo show the presence of the mycelium and the colorful spores.

Classification: 

Domain Bacteria

    Phylum Actinobacteria

        Class Actinobacteria

Bergey's Manual Volume 4: The high G+C Gram-positive Bacteria

Links

• http://www.essc.psu.edu/~brantley/hair.html
• http://www.petrik.com/PUBLIC/library/soilmic/sm007.htm
• http://www.essc.psu.edu/~brantley/methb.html
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