# 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