Actinoplanes
| Actinoplanes | |
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| Actinoplanes utahensis on agar plate | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Micromonosporales |
| Family: | Micromonosporaceae |
| Genus: | Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Type species | |
| Actinoplanes philippinensis Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Actinoplanes is a genus in the family Micromonosporaceae. They have aerial mycelia and spherical, motile spores. Actinoplanes species produce the pharmaceutically important compounds valienamine (a precursor to the antidiabetic drug acarbose and to the antibiotic validamycin), teicoplanin, and ramoplanin.