Species "Actinomyces violaceochromogenes"

Name: "Actinomyces violaceochromogenes" Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.o.la.ce.o.chro.mo’ge.nes. L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet; Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. violaceochromogenes, producing violet color

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wi-o-la-ke-o-k^hro-MO-ge-nes, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 19932; ATCC 25512; CBS 654.69; DSM 40181; IFO 13100; INA 425; JCM 4530; NBRC 13100; NRRL B-5427; NRRL ISP-5181; RIA 1292; VKM Ac-581

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16S rRNA gene: AB184312 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gauze GF, Preobrazhenskaya TP, Kudrina ES, Blinov NO, Ryabova ID, Sveshnikova MA. Problems of classification of actinomycetes-antagonists. Government Publishing House of Medical Literature (Medgiz), Moscow (USSR), 1957.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Streptomyces violaceochromogenes (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces violaceochromogenes (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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". — 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: Gauze GF, Preobrazhenskaya TP, Kudrina ES, Blinov NO, Ryabova ID, Sveshnikova MA. Problems of classification of actinomycetes-antagonists. Government Publishing House of Medical Literature (Medgiz), Moscow (USSR), 1957.

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Record number: 4562

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Species "Actinomyces violaceochromogenes"