Species ***Streptomyces* *africanus***

Name: Streptomyces africanus Meyers et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: af.ri.ca’nus. L. masc. adj. africanus, of Africa

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CPJVR-H; DSM 41829; JCM 13243; NBRC 101005; NRRL B-24243

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB249955 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Meyers PR, Goodwin CM, Bennett JA, Aken BL, Price CE, van Rooyen JM. Streptomyces africanus sp. nov., a novel streptomycete with blue aerial mycelium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1531-1535.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: NRRL B-24143.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 The accession number NRRL B-24143 in the original description is incorrect, see IJSEM 56, 2505 (2006). Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:2505.
- 🧍 In the paper by Meyers et al. 2004, the type strain NRRL B-24243 is erroneously cited as NRRL B-24143. — Kudo T. Personal communication, 2006-08-16.
- 🧍 See also: Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2007; 57:197.

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

Assigned by: Meyers PR, Goodwin CM, Bennett JA, Aken BL, Price CE, van Rooyen JM. Streptomyces africanus sp. nov., a novel streptomycete with blue aerial mycelium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1531-1535.

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Species Streptomyces africanus

Species ***Streptomyces* *africanus***