Micromonospora
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{{Taxobox | color = lightgrey | name = Micromonospora | image = Actinomycetes_sp_01.png | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Micromonospora spp. (red colonies). | regnum = Bacteria | phylum = Actinobacteria | ordo = Actinomycetales | familia = Micromonosporaceae | genus = Micromonospora | genus_authority = Ørskov 1923 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }} Micromonospora is a genus of bacteria of the family Micromonosporaceae. They are gram-positive, spore-forming, generally aerobic, and form a branched mycelium; they occur as saprophytic forms in soil and water. Various species are sources of aminoglycoside antibiotics.
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Species
- Micromonospora aurantiaca
- Micromonospora carbonacea
- Micromonospora chalcea
- Micromonospora chersina
- Micromonospora coerulea
- Micromonospora echinospora
- Micromonospora gallica
- Micromonospora halophytica
- Micromonospora inositola produces sisomicin.
- Micromonospora nigra
- Micromonospora olivasterospora
- Micromonospora pallida
- Micromonospora purpureochromogenes produces gentamicin, a useful antibiotic.
- Micromonospora rosaria