Streptomyces viridochromogenes

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| image = Streptomyces viridochromogenes NRRL B-1511 (Type Strain).jpg

| taxon = Streptomyces viridochromogenes

| authority = (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948

| synonyms = Actinomyces viridochromogenes Krainsky 1914

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Streptomyces viridochromogenes is a bacterium species in the genus Streptomyces.{{Cite journal |last1=Grund |first1=Alan D. |last2=Ensign |first2=Jerald C. |date=1978-09-01 |title=Role of carbon dioxide in germination of spores of Streptomyces viridochromogenes |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00429118 |journal=Archives of Microbiology |language=en |volume=118 |issue=3 |pages=279–288 |doi=10.1007/BF00429118 |pmid=697510 |bibcode=1978ArMic.118..279G |s2cid=26063874 |issn=1432-072X}}

S. viridochromogenes produces the natural herbicide bialaphos and the antibiotics streptazolin and avilamycin.{{Cite journal |last1=Lv |first1=Xing-An |last2=Jin |first2=Ying-Yan |last3=Li |first3=Yu-Dong |last4=Zhang |first4=Hong |last5=Liang |first5=Xin-Le |date=2013-01-01 |title=Genome shuffling of Streptomyces viridochromogenes for improved production of avilamycin |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-012-4322-7 |journal=Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology |language=en |volume=97 |issue=2 |pages=641–648 |doi=10.1007/s00253-012-4322-7 |pmid=22911092 |s2cid=253766611 |issn=1432-0614}}