Species "Streptomyces acidophilus"

Name: "Streptomyces acidophilus" (Jensen 1928) Waksman and Henrici 1948

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.do’phi.lus. L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; L. neut. adj. acidum, acid; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. acidophilus, acid-loving

Pronunciation, gender: a-ki-DO-phi-lus, masculine

Original publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

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Record number: 62403
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