Family Streptomycetaceae
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Streptomyces, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Streptomycetaceae, the Streptomyces family.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: WAKSMAN (S.A.) and HENRICI (A.T.): The nomenclature and classification of the actinomycetes. Journal of Bacteriology, 1943, 46, 337-341.
→ Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Rainey et al. 1997 (complete authorship reads Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt).
Type genus: ¤ Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Streptomyces, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Streptomycetaceae, the Streptomyces family.
Reference: STACKEBRANDT (E.), RAINEY (F.A.) and WARD-RAINEY (N.L.): Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 479-491.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Kim et al. 2003.
Type genus: ¤ Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Streptomyces, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Streptomycetaceae, the Streptomyces family.
References: Validation List no. 93 (footnote ¶). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1219-1220. [KIM (S.B.), LONSDALE (J.), SEONG (C.N.) and GOODFELLOW (M.): Streptacidiphilus gen. nov., acidophilic actinomycetes with wall chemotype I and emendation of the family Streptomycetaceae (Waksman and Henrici 1943AL) emend. Rainey et al. 1997. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2003, 83, 107-116.]
Validation List no. 93 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Streptomyces, type genus of the family; L. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Streptomycetaceae, the Streptomyces family.
Reference: ZHI (X.Y.), LI (W.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 589-608.
Original article in IJSEM Online
