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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Actinomyces mellinus"

Name: "Actinomyces mellinus" Maksimova et al. 1965

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mel.li’nus. L. neut. n. mel, honey (gen. mellis); N.L. masc. adj. mellinus, resembling honey, referring to honey color (feminine mellina also as Latin noun)

Gender: masculine

Original publication: Maksimova Ts, Kovsherova IN, Proshliakova VV. [EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF ANTIBIOTICS FROM THE ECHINOMYCIN GROUP AND CLASSIFICATION OF PRODUCING AGENTS]. Antibiotiki 1965; 10:298-304.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Streptomyces mellinus" (Maksimova et al. 1965) Pridham 1970

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Maksimova Ts, Kovsherova IN, Proshliakova VV. [EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF ANTIBIOTICS FROM THE ECHINOMYCIN GROUP AND CLASSIFICATION OF PRODUCING AGENTS]. Antibiotiki 1965; 10:298-304.

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Record number: 69735
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