Streptomycetaceae

Streptomycetaceae
Slide culture of a Streptomyces species
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Streptomycetales
Cavalier-Smith 2002
Family: Streptomycetaceae
Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera

See text

Synonyms
  • "Actinosporangiaceae" Couch 1955
  • Allostreptomycetaceae Salam et al. 2020

Streptomycetaceae is a family of the order Streptomycetales. It includes the important genus Streptomyces. This was the original source of many antibiotics, namely streptomycin, the first antibiotic against tuberculosis.