Species "Actinomyces cyanoalbus"

Name: "Actinomyces cyanoalbus" Krassilnikov and Agre 1960

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cy.a.no.al’bus. L. masc. adj. cyaneus, dark blue; L. masc. adj. albus, white; N.L. masc. adj. cyanoalbus, blue, white, referring to formation of colorless (white) or blue vegetative mycelium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ky-a-no-AL-bus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 15859; ATCC 23902; CBS 798.68; CGMCC 4.1426; DSM 40198; HAMBI 1045; IFO 12857; INMI 414; JCM 4363; LMG 19343; NBRC 12857; NCIB 9831; NCIMB 9831; NRRL B-3040; NRRL ISP-5198; RIA 1150; RIA 662; VKM Ac-585

16S rRNA gene: AB184882 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Rautenshtein YI. Biology of Antibiotic-Producing Actinomycetes (in Russian). Transactions of the Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Science USSR 1960; 8:1-344.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Streptomyces hirsutus Ettlinger et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces hirsutus Ettlinger et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces cyanoalbus (Krassilnikov and Agre 1960) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Labeda et al. (2016), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces hirsutus Ettlinger et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Labeda DP, Rong X, Huang Y, Doroghazi JR, Ju KS, Metcalf WW. Taxonomic evaluation of species in the Streptomyces hirsutus clade using multi-locus sequence analysis and proposals to reclassify several species in this clade. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2444-2450. 🇺🇸
- 😷 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". — 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.

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rautenshtein YI. Biology of Antibiotic-Producing Actinomycetes (in Russian). Transactions of the Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Science USSR 1960; 8:1-344.

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Record number: 4052

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Species "Actinomyces cyanoalbus"