Name: Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Streptomyces, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Streptomycetaceae, the Streptomyces family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. The Nomenclature and Classification of the Actinomycetes. J Bacteriol 1943; 46:337-341.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned family

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Carbonactinosporaceae Volpiano et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Allostreptomycetaceae Salam et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Rainey et al. 1997 Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.
    Notes:
    • Complete authorship reads: Rainey, Ward-Rainey and Stackebrandt.
  • Kim et al. 2003 Kim SB, Lonsdale J, Seong CN, Goodfellow M. Streptacidiphilus gen. nov., acidophilic actinomycetes with wall chemotype I and emendation of the family Streptomycetaceae (Waksman and Henrici (1943)AL) emend. Rainey et al. 1997. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2003; 83:107-116. Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 93. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1219-1220.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the family.
  • Zhi et al. 2009 Zhi XY, Li WJ, 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. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.
  • Huang et al. 2017 Huang MJ, Rao MP, Salam N, Xiao M, Huang HQ, Li WJ. Allostreptomyces psammosilenae gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophytic actinobacterium isolated from the roots of Psammosilene tunicoides and emended description of the family Streptomycetaceae [Waksman and Henrici (1943)AL] emend. Rainey et al. 1997, emend. Kim et al. 2003, emend. Zhi et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:288-293. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 1 genus in the family.
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 2 genera in the family.
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 genus from the family.

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the suborder Streptomycetineae corrig. Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this family to the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Waksman SA. Order V Actinomycetales. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 778.
  • Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this family to the class Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Micromonospora Ørskov 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Thermoactinomyces Tsiklinsky 1899 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Waksman and Henrici (1943) assigned the genus "Actinoalloteichus" to this family. Publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. The Nomenclature and Classification of the Actinomycetes. J Bacteriol 1943; 46:337-341.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Sfreptomycetaceae"; "Sireptomycetaceae"; "Sreptomycetaceae"; "Steptomycetaceae"; "Sterptomycetaceae"; "Streptamycetaceae"; "Streptmnycetaceae"; "Streptonrycctaceae".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Kämpfer P, Labeda DP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the Streptomycetaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2006; 56:495-495.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: P. Kaempfer DL. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the Streptomycetaceae: Minutes of the meeting, 25 July 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:495-495.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Kämpfer P, Labeda DP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Streptomycetaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2003; 53:925-925.
  • Streptomycetaceae is the correct name if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NRRL: 1134; JCM: 1037; DSM: 1004; NBRC: 885; ATCC: 778; IFO: 750; CBS: 562; VKM: 471; BCRC: 356; CGMCC: 350.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: P. Kaempfer DL. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the Streptomycetaceae: Minutes of the meeting, 25 July 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:495-495.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 23

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinopycnidium Krassilnikov 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Actinosporangium Krassilnikov and Yuan 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Allostreptomyces Huang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carbonactinospora Volpiano et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Elytrosporangium Falcão de Morais et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Embleya Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Indiella" Brumpt 1906	not validly published
    Kitasatoa Matsumae and Hata 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kitasatospora corrig. Ōmura et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kitasatosporia Ōmura et al. 1983	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    [Macrospora]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    "Marinispora" Kwon et al. 2006	not validly published
    "Microechinospora" Konev et al. 1967	not validly published
    Microellobosporia Cross et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Oospora" Wallroth 1833	not validly published
    "Parastreptomyces" Nichols et al. 2005	not validly published
    Streptacidiphilus Kim et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Streptotrix]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Streptoverticillium Baldacci 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Waksmania" Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1957	not validly published
    Yinghuangia Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Streptomycetales Cavalier-Smith 2002

Assigned by: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.

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