Species "Actinomyces violaceorectus"

Name: "Actinomyces violaceorectus" Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.o.la.ce.o.rec’tus. L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet colored; L. masc. perf. part. rectus, straight; N.L. masc. part. adj. violaceorectus, violet colored, straight (referring to the color of the vegetative mycelium and diffusible pigment on some media and to the structure of sporophores)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wi-o-la-ke-o-REK-tus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25514; BCRC 13626; CBS 656.69; CCRC 13626; DSM 40279; IFO 13102; IMET 43520; INA 506; JCM 4532; NBRC 13102; NRRL B-12181; NRRL ISP-5279; RIA 1294; VKM Ac-584

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16S rRNA gene: AB184314 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 violaceorectus (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces violaceorectus (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (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: 4564

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Species "Actinomyces violaceorectus"