Species ***Streptomyces* *achromogenes***

Name: Streptomyces achromogenes Okami and Umezawa 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.chro.mo’ge.nes. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. achromogenes, not producing color

Pronunciation, gender: a-k^hro-MO-ge-nes, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12767; ATCC 19719; BCRC 11618; CBS 458.68; CCRC 11618; CECT 3074; DSM 40028; HAMBI 1002; IFM 1173; IFO 12735; IMET 43080; JCM 4121; JCM 4561; KCTC 1740; NBRC 12735; NRRL B-2120; NRRL ISP-5028; PCM 2365; RIA 1000; RIA 756; UNIQEM 115; VKM Ac-1258

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184109 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Umezawa H, Takeuchi T, Okami Y, Tazaki T. On screening of antiviral substances produced by streptomyces and on an antiviral substance achromoviromycin. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1953; 6:261-268.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Okami and Umezawa) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Umezawa et al.).
- 😷 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 39 times 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Streptomyces achromogenes subsp. achromogenes (Okami and Umezawa 1953) Bhuyan et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species
Streptomyces achromogenes subsp. rubradiris Bhuyan et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
"Streptomyces achromogenes subsp. streptozoticus" Dhawale and Hornemann 1979	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Umezawa H, Takeuchi T, Okami Y, Tazaki T. On screening of antiviral substances produced by streptomyces and on an antiviral substance achromoviromycin. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1953; 6:261-268.

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Species Streptomyces achromogenes

Species ***Streptomyces* *achromogenes***