Novobiocin also known as albamycin or cathomycin is an aminocoumarin antibiotic that is produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces niveus which has recently been identified as a subjective synonym for S. spheroides a member of the order Actinobacteria . Other aminocoumarin antibiotics include clorobiocin and coumermycin A1. Novobiocin was first reported in the mid-1950s (then called streptonivicin).
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