Amycolatopsis

Amycolatopsis is a genus of high GC-content bacteria within the family Pseudonocardiaceae. The genus is known for producing many types of antibiotics, including
 * Epoxyquinomicin, related to Amycolatopsis sulphurea, are a class of weak antibiotic and anti-inflammatory agent.
 * Vancomycin, obtained from Amycolatopsis orientalis, is being used for infections resistant to other antibiotics.
 * Ristocetin, made by Amycolatopsis lurida, was an antibiotic but ceased to apply due to adverse effects of platelet agglutination. Now it is used to assay von Willebrand disease.

Degradation of bio-polymers
Several bacteria from the genus Amycolatopsis are able to enzymatically hydrolyze the ester bonds of poly-lactic acid (PLA) films in aquatic medium. So far, it is one of the few known bacteria able to biodegrade the bioplastic outside compost facilities in a relatively short period of time.

Species
Amycolatopsis comprises the following species:


 * A. acidicola Teo et al. 2020
 * A. acididurans Teo et al. 2021
 * A. acidiphila Oyuntsetseg et al. 2017
 * "A. aidingensis" Li et al. 2021
 * A. alba Mertz and Yao 1993
 * A. albidoflava corrig. Lee and Hah 2001


 * A. albispora Zhang et al. 2016
 * A. alkalitolerans Narsing Rao et al. 2020
 * A. anabasis Wang et al. 2020
 * A. antarctica Wang et al. 2018
 * A. arida Nouioui et al. 2018
 * A. australiensis Tan et al. 2006
 * A. azurea (Ōmura et al. 1983) Henssen et al. 1987
 * A. balhimycina Wink et al. 2003
 * A. bartoniae Zucchi et al. 2012
 * A. benzoatilytica Majumdar et al. 2006
 * A. bullii Zucchi et al. 2012
 * "A. camponoti" Zakalyukina et al. 2022
 * A. cappadoca Işık et al. 2019
 * A. cihanbeyliensis Tatar et al. 2013
 * A. circi Everest and Meyers 2012
 * A. coloradensis Labeda 1995
 * A. decaplanina Wink et al. 2004
 * A. dendrobii Tedsree et al. 2021
 * A. deserti Busarakam et al. 2017
 * A. dongchuanensis Nie et al. 2012
 * A. eburnea Chaiya et al. 2019
 * A. echigonensis Ding et al. 2007
 * A. endophytica Miao et al. 2012
 * A. equina Everest and Meyers 2012


 * "A. flava" Wei et al. 2015
 * A. granulosa Zucchi et al. 2012


 * A. halotolerans Lee 2006
 * A. helveola Tamura et al. 2010
 * A. hippodromi Everest and Meyers 2012
 * A. japonica corrig. Goodfellow et al. 1997


 * A. jejuensis Lee 2006
 * A. jiangsuensis Xing et al. 2014
 * A. jiguanensis Huang et al. 2021
 * A. kentuckyensis Labeda et al. 2003
 * A. keratiniphila Al-Musallam et al. 2003
 * "A. lactamdurans" Barreiro et al. 2000
 * A. lexingtonensis Labeda et al. 2003
 * A. lurida (Lechevalier et al. 1986) Stackebrandt et al. 2004
 * A. magusensis Camas et al. 2013
 * A. marina Bian et al. 2009
 * A. mediterranei (Margalith and Beretta 1960) Lechevalier et al. 1986
 * A. methanolica De Boer et al. 1990
 * A. minnesotensis Lee et al. 2006
 * A. nigrescens Groth et al. 2007
 * A. niigatensis Ding et al. 2007
 * A. nivea Niu et al. 2020
 * A. oliviviridis Penkhrue et al. 2018
 * A. orientalis (Pittenger and Brigham 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986
 * A. palatopharyngis Huang et al. 2004
 * A. panacis Peng et al. 2019
 * A. pigmentata Tamura et al. 2010


 * A. pithecellobii corrig. Mingma et al. 2020
 * "A. pittospori" Kaewkla and Franco 2021
 * A. plumensis Saintpierre-Bonaccio et al. 2005
 * A. pretoriensis Labeda et al. 2003
 * A. regifaucium Tan et al. 2007
 * A. rhabdoformis Souza et al. 2015
 * A. rhizosphaerae Thawai 2018
 * A. rifamycinica Bala et al. 2004
 * A. roodepoortensis Everest et al. 2015
 * A. ruanii Zucchi et al. 2012
 * A. rubida Huang et al. 2001


 * A. saalfeldensis Carlsohn et al. 2007
 * A. sacchari Goodfellow et al. 2001


 * A. samaneae Duangmal et al. 2011
 * A. silviterrae Jamjan et al. 2018
 * A. speibonae Everest et al. 2015
 * A. stemonae Klykleung et al. 2015
 * A. suaedae Chantavorakit et al. 2019
 * A. sulphurea Lechevalier et al. 1986
 * A. taiwanensis Tseng et al. 2006
 * A. thailandensis Chomchoei et al. 2011
 * A. thermalba Zucchi et al. 2012
 * A. thermoflava Chun et al. 1999
 * A. thermophila Zucchi et al. 2012
 * A. tolypomycina Wink et al. 2003
 * A. tucumanensis Albarracín et al. 2010
 * A. ultiminotia Lee 2009
 * A. umgeniensis Everest et al. 2013
 * A. vancoresmycina Wink et al. 2003
 * A. vastitatis Idris et al. 2019
 * A. viridis Zucchi et al. 2012
 * A. xuchangensis Huang et al. 2021
 * A. xylanica Chen et al. 2010