Species ***Streptomyces* *clavuligerus***

Name: Streptomyces clavuligerus Higgens and Kastner 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cla.vu.li’ge.rus. L. fem. n. clavula, little club; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -gerus, bearing; N.L. masc. adj. clavuligerus, bearing little clubs

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes kla-wu-LI-ge-rus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27064; BCRC 11518; CBS 226.75; CCRC 11518; CECT 3125; CGMCC 4.1611; DSM 40751; DSM 41253; DSM 738; IFO 13307; IMET 43657; JCM 4710; KCTC 9095; NBRC 13307; NCIMB 12785; NRRL 3585; VKM Ac-602

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16S rRNA gene: AB045869 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Higgens CE, Kastner RE. Streptomyces clavuligerus sp. nov., a β-lactam antibiotic producer. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:326-331.

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- 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:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 484 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Higgens CE, Kastner RE. Streptomyces clavuligerus sp. nov., a β-lactam antibiotic producer. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:326-331.

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Species Streptomyces clavuligerus

Species ***Streptomyces* *clavuligerus***