Actinoplanes

Actinoplanes is a genus in the family Micromonosporaceae.[1] They have aerial mycelia and spherical, motile spores. Actinoplanes species produce the pharmaceutically important compounds valienamine (a precursor to the antidiabetic drug acarbose[2] and the antibiotic validamycin), teicoplanin, and ramoplanin.

Actinoplanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Class:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Micromonosporales
Family:	Micromonosporaceae
Genus:	Actinoplanes Couch, 1950
Species
Actinoplanes abujensis Actinoplanes atraurantiacus Actinoplanes auranticolor Actinoplanes bogorensis Actinoplanes brasiliensis Actinoplanes campanulatus Actinoplanes capillaceus Actinoplanes cibodasensis Actinoplanes consettensis Actinoplanes couchii Actinoplanes cyaneus Actinoplanes deccanensis Actinoplanes derwentensis Actinoplanes digitatis Actinoplanes durhamensis Actinoplanes ferrugineus Actinoplanes friuliensis Actinoplanes globisporus Actinoplanes humidus Actinoplanes ianthinogenes Actinoplanes italicus Actinoplanes lichenis Actinoplanes liguriensis Actinoplanes lobatus Actinoplanes luteus Actinoplanes lutulentus Actinoplanes missouriensis Actinoplanes nipponensis Actinoplanes otamycinicus Actinoplanes palleronii Actinoplanes philippinensis Actinoplanes ramoplaninifer Actinoplanes rectilineatus Actinoplanes regularis Actinoplanes rhizophilus Actinoplanes rishiriensis Actinoplanes sediminis Actinoplanes siamensis Actinoplanes sichuanensis Actinoplanes subglobosus Actinoplanes teichomyceticus Actinoplanes tereljensis Actinoplanes toevensis Actinoplanes tropicalis Actinoplanes utahensis Actinoplanes xinjiangensis

References

1. Euzéby, J. P. "Genus Actinoplanes". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. www.bacterio.cict.fr. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
2. Laube, Heiner (March 2002). "Acarbose An Update of Its Therapeutic Use in Diabetes Treatment". Clinical Drug Investigation. 22 (3): 141–156. doi:10.2165/00044011-200222030-00001.