Micromonospora olivasterospora (DSM 43868, ATCC 21819, FERM P-1560)

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Multicellular morphology

Multimedia

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Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11349	GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: GYM STREPTOMYCES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 65) Composition: Agar 18.0 g/l Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l CaCO3 2.0 g/l Distilled water
19611	ISP 2			Name: ISP 2 / Yeast Malt Agar (5265); 5265 Composition Malt extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 4.0 g/l Glucose 4.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Preparation: Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.0 Usage: Maintenance and Taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19611	ISP 3			Name: ISP 3; 5315 Composition Dog oat flakes 20.0 g/l Trace element solution (5314) 2.5 ml/l Agar 18.0 g/l Preparation: Oat flakes are cooked for 20 minutes, trace element solution and agar are added (in the case of non rolled oat flakes the suspension has to bee filtrated). Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.8 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy (e.g. SEM As liquid medium for metabolite production) Organisms: All Actinomycetes Trace element solution 5314 Name: Trace element solution 5314; 5314 Composition CaCl2 x H2O 3.0 g/l Fe-III-citrate 1.0 g/l MnSO4 0.2 g/l ZnCl2 0.1 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.025 g/l Sodium tetra borate 0.2 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.004 g/l Sodium molybdate 0.01 g/l Preparation: Use double destillated water. Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Trace element solution for different media Organisms:
19611	ISP 4			Name: ISP 4; DSM 547 Solution I: Difco soluble starch, 10.0 g. Make a paste of the starch with a small amount of cold distilled water and bring to a volume of 500 ml. Solution II: CaCO3 2.0 g K2HPO4 (anhydrous) 1.0 g MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g NaCl 1.0 g (NH4)2SO4 2.0 g Distilled water 500.0 ml Trace salt solution (see below) 1.0 ml The pH should be between 7.0 and 7.4. Do not adjust if it is within this range. Mix solutions I and II together. Add 20.0 g agar. Liquify agar by steaming at 100°C for 10 to 20 min. Trace element solution: FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.1 g ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g Distilled water 100.0 ml
19611	ISP 5			Name: ISP 5 (5323) Composition L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l Glycerol 10.0 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l Salt solution (see preparation) 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 g/l Preparation: Salt solution 1.0 g FeSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g MnCl2 x 4 H2O 1.0 g ZNSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 ml water Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.2 Usage: Maintenance and taxonomy Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19611	ISP 6			Name: ISP 6 (5318) Composition Peptone 15.0 g/l Proteose peptose 5.0 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.5 g/l Sodium glycerophosphate 1.0 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 0.08 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
19611	ISP 7			Name: ISP 7 (5322) Composition Glycerol 15.0 g/l L-Tyrosine 0.5 g/l L-Asparagine 1.0 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l NaCl 0.5 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.01 g/l Trace element solution 5343 1.0 ml/l Agar 20.0 Sterilisation: 20 minutes at 121°C pH before sterilisation: 7.3 Usage: Production of melanoid pigments Organisms: All Actinomycetes
11349	ROLLED OATS MINERAL MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 84)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ROLLED OATS MINERAL MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 84) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l Rolled oats 20.0 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.001 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.001 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.001 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

Culture pH

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Compound production

Halophily

Tolerance

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
19611	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+/-
68368	29016 ChEBI	arginine	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
19611	62968 ChEBI	cellulose	+/-
68368	16947 ChEBI	citrate	+	assimilation	from API 20E
19611	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+/-
68368	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
19611	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+/-
68368	25094 ChEBI	lysine	-	degradation	from API 20E
19611	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+/-
19611	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	+/-
68368	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API 20E
19611	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+/-
19611	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	+/-
19611	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+/-
68368	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20E
68368	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API 20E
19611	18222 ChEBI	xylose	+/-

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API 20E
67770	37923 ChEBI	astromicin
67770		fortimicin B
68368	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide		from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20E

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Indole test
68368	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+		from API 20E
68368	35581 ChEBI	indole		-	from API 20E

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68368	arginine dihydrolase	+	3.5.3.6	from API 20E
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68368	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API 20E
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68368	gelatinase	+		from API 20E
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68368	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18	from API 20E
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68368	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API 20E
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68368	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API 20E
68368	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API 20E
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions	external links
66794	cellulose degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
66794	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	starch degradation	100	10 of 10
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	100	9 of 9
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	100	5 of 5
66794	1,4-dihydroxy-6-naphthoate biosynthesis	100	6 of 6
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	glycolysis	94.12	16 of 17
66794	leucine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	92.31	12 of 13
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	88.89	16 of 18
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	85.71	6 of 7
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	85.29	29 of 34
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	83.33	5 of 6
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	83.33	5 of 6
66794	purine metabolism	80.85	76 of 94
66794	methionine metabolism	80.77	21 of 26
66794	lipid metabolism	80.65	25 of 31
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	80	4 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	hydrogen production	80	4 of 5
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	factor 420 biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
66794	propionate fermentation	80	8 of 10
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	80	8 of 10
66794	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	80	4 of 5
66794	alanine metabolism	79.31	23 of 29
66794	histidine metabolism	79.31	23 of 29
66794	tryptophan metabolism	78.95	30 of 38
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	glutathione metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	78.57	22 of 28
66794	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	75.56	34 of 45
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	75	6 of 8
66794	arginine metabolism	75	18 of 24
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	butanoate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	non-pathway related	73.68	28 of 38
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	73.33	11 of 15
66794	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	tyrosine metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	70.33	64 of 91
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	70	7 of 10
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	70	7 of 10
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	69.23	18 of 26
66794	urea cycle	69.23	9 of 13
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	68.75	11 of 16
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	68.18	15 of 22
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	cysteine metabolism	66.67	12 of 18
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	phenol degradation	65	13 of 20
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	63.64	7 of 11
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	lysine metabolism	61.9	26 of 42
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	61.54	8 of 13
66794	vitamin K metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	elloramycin biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	degradation of pentoses	57.14	16 of 28
66794	daunorubicin biosynthesis	55.56	5 of 9
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	54.55	6 of 11
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
66794	mannosylglycerate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	50	8 of 16
66794	degradation of hexoses	50	9 of 18
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
66794	ascorbate metabolism	50	11 of 22
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	degradation of sugar acids	48	12 of 25
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	47.06	8 of 17
66794	sulfate reduction	46.15	6 of 13
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
66794	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	polyamine pathway	43.48	10 of 23
66794	D-cycloserine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	bacilysin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	carnitine metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	36.36	4 of 11
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	28.57	2 of 7
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	vitamin E metabolism	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	methanogenesis from CO2	25	3 of 12
66794	allantoin degradation	22.22	2 of 9

API 20E

API zym

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Risk assessment

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	Micromonospora olivasterospora DSM 43868	complete			2582581330	1880	99.69
66792	ASM783026v1 assembly for Micromonospora olivasterospora DSM 43868	contig	GCA_007830265	1880.4	2585427559	1880	68.32
124043	ASM3953349v1 assembly for Micromonospora olivasterospora JCM 7348	scaffold	GCA_039533495			1880	0

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Micromonospora olivasterospora 16S-23S ribosomal RNA spacer region	AF004004	351		1880
11349	Micromonospora olivasterospora 16S rRNA gene	X92613	1478		1880

GC content

Predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Response Surface D-Optimal Design for Optimizing Fortimicins Production by Micromonospora olivasterospora and New Synergistic Fortimicin-A-Antibiotic Combinations.	Selim HMRM, Gomaa FAM, Alshahrani MY, Aboshanab KM.	Curr Microbiol	10.1007/s00284-024-04049-1	2025
	A novel, highly efficient gene-cloning system for Micromonospora strains.	Hasegawa M, Dairi T, Ohta T, Hashimoto E.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.173.21.7004-7011.1991	1991
	In Vivo Characterization of Phosphotransferase-Encoding Genes istP and forP as Interchangeable Launchers of the C3',4'-Dideoxygenation Biosynthetic Pathway of 1,4-Diaminocyclitol Antibiotics.	Huong N, Lee NJ, Hwang HH, Son HB, Kim HJ, Seo EG, Hoang N, Park JW.	J Microbiol Biotechnol	10.4014/jmb.1809.09021	2019
Metabolism	Characterisation of 6-DMATSMo from Micromonospora olivasterospora leading to identification of the divergence in enantioselectivity, regioselectivity and multiple prenylation of tryptophan prenyltransferases.	Winkelblech J, Xie X, Li SM.	Org Biomol Chem	10.1039/c6ob01803c	2016
	Improving activity of GenB3 and GenB4 in gentamicin dideoxygenation biosynthesis by semi-rational engineering.	Zhai H, Yang L, Ye Q, Kong Z, Pei J, Ji Y, Liu B, Chen X, Tian T, Ni X, Xia H, Zhang S.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-025-02678-0	2025
	Odor Characteristics of Novel Non-Canonical Terpenes.	Sommer S, Lang LM, Drummond L, Buchhaupt M, Fraatz MA, Zorn H.	Molecules	10.3390/molecules27123827	2022
Metabolism	Heterologous expression of 2-methylisoborneol / 2 methylenebornane biosynthesis genes in Escherichia coli yields novel C11-terpenes.	Kschowak MJ, Wortmann H, Dickschat JS, Schrader J, Buchhaupt M.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0196082	2018
Phylogeny	Intrageneric relationships among Micromonospora species deduced from gyrB-based phylogeny and DNA relatedness.	Kasai H, Tamura T, Harayama S.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-1-127	2000
Metabolism	Identification and functional analysis of genes controlling biosynthesis of 2-methylisoborneol.	Komatsu M, Tsuda M, Omura S, Oikawa H, Ikeda H.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.0802312105	2008
	Analysis of the self-defense gene (fmrO) of a fortimicin A (astromicin) producer, Micromonospora olivasterospora: comparison with other aminoglycoside-resistance-encoding genes.	Ohta T, Hasegawa M.	Gene	10.1016/0378-1119(93)90617-c	1993
	Self cloning in Micromonospora olivasterospora of fms genes for fortimicin A (astromicin) biosynthesis.	Dairi T, Ohta T, Hashimoto E, Hasegawa M.	Mol Gen Genet	10.1007/bf00280005	1992
	Organization and nature of fortimicin A (astromicin) biosynthetic genes studied using a cosmid library of Micromonospora olivasterospora DNA.	Dairi T, Ohta T, Hashimoto E, Hasegawa M.	Mol Gen Genet	10.1007/bf00279641	1992
Phylogeny	K-259-2, a new inhibitor of Ca2+ and calmodulin-dependent cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase from Micromonospora olivasterospora.	Matsuda Y, Asano K, Kawamoto I, Kase H.	J Antibiot (Tokyo)	10.7164/antibiotics.40.1092	1987
Metabolism	Biosynthetic similarity between Streptomyces tenjimariensis and Micromonospora olivasterospora which produce fortimicin-group antibiotics.	Hotta K, Morioka M, Okami Y.	J Antibiot (Tokyo)	10.7164/antibiotics.42.745	1989
Enzymology	N-formimidoyl fortimicin A synthase, a unique oxidase involved in fortimicin A biosynthesis: purification, characterization and gene cloning.	Dairi T, Yamaguchi K, Hasegawa M.	Mol Gen Genet	10.1007/bf00279642	1992
Enzymology	A novel, highly efficient gene-cloning system in Micromonospora applied to the genetic analysis of fortimicin biosynthesis.	Hasegawa M.	Gene	10.1016/0378-1119(92)90544-y	1992
Metabolism	Biosynthesis of astromicin and related antibiotics. II. Biosynthetic studies with blocked mutants of Micromonospora olivasterospora.	Odakura Y, Kase H, Itoh S, Satoh S, Takasawa S, Takahashi K, Shirahata K, Nakayama K.	J Antibiot (Tokyo)	10.7164/antibiotics.37.1670	1984
Metabolism	Common biosynthetic feature of fortimicin-group antibiotics.	Dairi T, Hasegawa M.	J Antibiot (Tokyo)	10.7164/antibiotics.42.934	1989
Phylogeny	Genome-based classification of micromonosporae with a focus on their biotechnological and ecological potential.	Carro L, Nouioui I, Sangal V, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Trujillo ME, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Sahin N, Smith DL, Kim KE, Peluso P, Deshpande S, Woyke T, Shapiro N, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M, Goodfellow M.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-017-17392-0	2018
	Biosynthesis of astromicin and related antibiotics. I. Biosynthetic studies by bioconversion experiments.	Itoh S, Odakura Y, Kase H, Satoh S, Takahashi K, Iida T, Shirahata K, Nakayama K.	J Antibiot (Tokyo)	10.7164/antibiotics.37.1664	1984
Metabolism	Exploration and mining of the bacterial terpenome.	Cane DE, Ikeda H.	Acc Chem Res	10.1021/ar200198d	2012
Metabolism	Microbisporicin gene cluster reveals unusual features of lantibiotic biosynthesis in actinomycetes.	Foulston LC, Bibb MJ.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.1008285107	2010
Enzymology	Plasmid-mediated 16S rRNA methylase in Serratia marcescens conferring high-level resistance to aminoglycosides.	Doi Y, Yokoyama K, Yamane K, Wachino J, Shibata N, Yagi T, Shibayama K, Kato H, Arakawa Y.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.48.2.491-496.2004	2004
Pathogenicity	Plasmid-mediated high-level resistance to aminoglycosides in Enterobacteriaceae due to 16S rRNA methylation.	Galimand M, Courvalin P, Lambert T.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.47.8.2565-2571.2003	2003
Phylogeny	Widespread and persistent populations of a major new marine actinomycete taxon in ocean sediments.	Mincer TJ, Jensen PR, Kauffman CA, Fenical W.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.68.10.5005-5011.2002	2002
Metabolism	Isolation and characterization of novel marine-derived actinomycete taxa rich in bioactive metabolites.	Magarvey NA, Keller JM, Bernan V, Dworkin M, Sherman DH.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.70.12.7520-7529.2004	2004
Metabolism	Characterization of fortimicin aminoglycoside profiles produced from Micromonospora olivasterospora DSM 43868 by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-ion trap-mass spectrometry.	Huong NL, Hoang NH, Hong SY, Sohng JK, Yoon YJ, Park JW	Anal Bioanal Chem	10.1007/s00216-015-9281-2	2016
Pathogenicity	Characterization of two different types of resistance genes among producers of fortimicin-group antibiotics.	Ohta T, Dairi T, Hasegawa M	J Gen Microbiol	10.1099/00221287-139-3-591	1993
Enzymology	Cloning and analysis of a gene (sms13) encoding sannamycin B-glycyltransferase from Streptomyces sannanensis and its distribution among actinomycetes.	Ohta T, Hashimoto E, Hasegawa M	J Antibiot (Tokyo)	10.7164/antibiotics.45.1167	1992
Phylogeny	Micromonospora yasonensis sp. nov., isolated from a Black Sea sediment.	Veyisoglu A, Carro L, Guven K, Cetin D, Sproer C, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Sahin N.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-016-0701-x	2016
Phylogeny	Micromonospora craniellae sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge, and reclassification of Jishengella endophytica as Micromonospora endophytica comb. nov.	Li L, Zhu HR, Xu QH, Lin HW, Lu YH	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.003209	2019
Phylogeny	Micromonospora avicenniae sp. nov., isolated from a root of Avicennia marina.	Li L, Mao YJ, Xie QY, Deng Z, Hong K	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-013-9888-2	2013
Phylogeny	Micromonospora equina sp. nov., isolated from soil from a racecourse.	Everest GJ, Meyers PR	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.042929-0	2012
Phylogeny	Description of Verrucosispora qiuiae sp. nov., isolated from mangrove swamp sediment, and emended description of the genus Verrucosispora.	Xi L, Zhang L, Ruan J, Huang Y	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.033787-0	2011
Phylogeny	Micromonospora rhizosphaerae sp. nov., isolated from mangrove rhizosphere soil.	Wang C, Xu XX, Qu Z, Wang HL, Lin HP, Xie QY, Ruan JS, Hong K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.020461-0	2010
Phylogeny	Micromonospora pattaloongensis sp. nov., isolated from a Thai mangrove forest.	Thawai C, Tanasupawat S, Kudo T	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65410-0	2008