Kitasatospora aureofaciens

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| taxon = Kitasatospora aureofaciens

| authority = (Duggar 1948) Labeda et al. 2017

| synonyms =

• Kitasatospora psammotica (Virgilio and Hengeller 1960) Labeda et al. 2017
• Streptomyces aureofaciens Duggar 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
• Streptomyces avellaneus Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)
• Streptomyces psammoticus Virgilio and Hengeller 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

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Kitasatospora aureofaciens is a species of Kitasatospora, and the source of many tetracycline antibiotics.{{cite journal |last1=Darken |first1= M |last2=Berenson |first2=H |last3=Shirk |first3=RJ | last4=Sjolander |first4= NO |title=Production of Tetracycline by Streptomyces aureofaciens in Synthetic Media |journal=Appl Microbiol |volume=8 |issue= 1|pages=46–51 |date=January 1960 |doi= 10.1128/AM.8.1.46-51.1960 |pmid=13814119 |pmc=1057549 }} The organism was first isolated at Sanborn Field on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri, US; the site became a National Historic Landmark.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}