kitasatospora aureofaciens kitasatospora aureofaciens kitasatospora aureofaciens is a species of kitasatospora, and the source of many tetracycline antibiotics. the organism was first isolated at sanborn field on the university of missouri campus in columbia, missouri, us; the site became a national historic landmark. kitasatospora aureofaciens scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: streptomycetales family: streptomycetaceae genus: kitasatospora species: k. aureofaciens binomial name kitasatospora aureofaciens(duggar 1948) labeda et al. 2017 synonyms kitasatospora psammotica (virgilio and hengeller 1960) labeda et al. 2017 streptomyces aureofaciens duggar 1948 (approved lists 1980) streptomyces avellaneus baldacci and grein 1966 (approved lists 1980) streptomyces psammoticus virgilio and hengeller 1960 (approved lists 1980)