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<jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Amycolatopsis mediterranei</jats:named-content>
DSM 40773 has been of special interest as successors of this strain are in use for the commercial production of rifamycin B. Here we present the draft genome sequence (~10 Mb) of this strain, which contains 108 contigs, 9,198 genes, and has a G+C content of 71.3%.
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