Species "Actinomyces janthinus"

Name: "Actinomyces janthinus" Artamonova and Krassilnikov 1960

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: jan.thi’nus. L. masc. adj. janthinus, violet-colored, referring to color of vegetative mycelium and diffusible pigment

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 15870; ATCC 23925; CBS 909.68; DSM 40206; IFO 12879; INMI 117; JCM 4387; KCC S-387; NBRC 12879; NRRL B-3365; NRRL ISP-5206; RIA 659

16S rRNA gene: AB184851 Analysetree FASTA download

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 violaceus (Rossi Doria 1891) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

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: 4524

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