Streptomyces albus

Streptomyces albus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Streptomycetales
Family: Streptomycetaceae
Genus: Streptomyces
Species:
S. albus
Binomial name
Streptomyces albus
(Rossi Doria 1891) Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)
Synonyms
  • "Actinomyces almquisti" Duché 1934
  • "Actinomyces flocculus" Duché 1934
  • "Actinomyces gibsonii" Erikson 1935
  • "Actinomyces rangoon" Erikson 1935
  • Streptomyces almquistii (Duché 1934) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Streptomyces flocculus (Duché 1934) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Streptomyces gibsonii (Erikson 1935) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Streptomyces rangoon (Erikson 1935) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Streptomyces rangoonensis corrig. (Erikson 1935) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Streptomyces albus is a bacterial species from which the pseudodisaccharide aminoglycoside salbostatin was isolated. S. albus is known to produce white aerial mycelium.