*** streptomyces infection (Q?)

[HILL at NS.RHODES.EDU]

In article <3jdmje$ah9 at tribune.usask.ca>,
Sandford Leung <sjl140 at arts.usask.ca> wrote:
>anyone know what type of infection streptomyces can cause?

In reply:

According to a slightly dated edition of Emmons et al. - Medical Mycology, some 
cases of Mycetoma ("madura foot", "maduromycosis") have been attributed to 
Streptomyces somaliensis.  A synonym is (or has been) *Nocardia* somaliensis, 
though the latest Bergey's "Determinative" lists the species under Streptomyces.

Terry W. Hill
Dept. of Biology
Rhodes College
Memphis, TN 38112