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Streptomyces purpureus

species of Actinobacteria

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ26292057 ↗
Source-derived summary

Streptomyces purpureus is a bacterium species from the genus of Streptomyces which has been isolated from soil. Streptomyces purpureus produces chloramphenicol, bottromycin and fradicin.

See also

List of Streptomyces species

References

Further reading

Atlas, Ronald M. (2010). Handbook of microbiological media (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Boca Raton, Fla. ISBN 978-1-4398-0408-7.

Garrity, George M., ed. (2012). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Science + Business Media.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Streptomyces purpureus” as species of Actinobacteria. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010, 2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Streptomyces, purpureus and species can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of Actinobacteria. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q26292057. The first chronological checks are 2010 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “Streptomyces purpureus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.