Name: Streptantibioticus ferralitis (Saintpierre-Bonaccio et al. 2004) Świecimska et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptomyces ferralitis Saintpierre-Bonaccio et al. 2004

Etymology: fer.ra’li.tis. N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. ferralitis, of ferralite, denoting the type of soil from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 41836; JCM 14344; NCIMB 13954; SFOp68

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY262826 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Swiecimska M, Golinska P, Sangal V, Wachnowicz B, Goodfellow M. Streptantibioticus silvisoli sp. nov., acidotolerant actinomycetes from pine litter, reclassification of Streptomyces cocklensis, Streptomyces ferralitis, Streptomyces parmotrematis and Streptomyces rubrisoli as Actinacidiphila cocklensis comb. nov., Streptantibioticus ferralitis comb. nov., Streptantibioticus parmotrematis comb. nov. and Streptantibioticus rubrisoli comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Streptantibioticus, the family Streptomycetaceae and Streptomyces iconiensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5978.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6041.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces ferralitis Saintpierre-Bonaccio et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14647 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Streptantibioticus Madhaiyan et al. 2022

Assigned by: Swiecimska M, Golinska P, Sangal V, Wachnowicz B, Goodfellow M. Streptantibioticus silvisoli sp. nov., acidotolerant actinomycetes from pine litter, reclassification of Streptomyces cocklensis, Streptomyces ferralitis, Streptomyces parmotrematis and Streptomyces rubrisoli as Actinacidiphila cocklensis comb. nov., Streptantibioticus ferralitis comb. nov., Streptantibioticus parmotrematis comb. nov. and Streptantibioticus rubrisoli comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Streptantibioticus, the family Streptomycetaceae and Streptomyces iconiensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5978.

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Record number: 39293