Species ***Streptomyces* *alboniger***

Name: Streptomyces alboniger Porter et al. 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.bo.ni.ger. L. masc. adj. albus, white; L. masc. adj. niger, black; N.L. masc. adj. alboniger, whitish black

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12461; ATCC 19722; BCRC 11606; CBS 461.68; CCRC 11606; CECT 3270; CGMCC 4.1695; DSM 40043; HAMBI 53; IFO 12738; IMET 43691; JCM 4309; JCM 4563; KCTC 9014; NBRC 12738; NCIMB 13007; NRRL B-1832; NRRL B-2403; NRRL ISP-5043; RIA 1003; UNIQEM 118; VKM Ac-838

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184111 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Porter JN, Hewitt RI, Hesseltine CW, Krupka G, Lowery JA, Wallace WS, Bohonos N, Williams JH. Achromycin: a new antibiotic having trypanocidal properties. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1952; 2:409-410.

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

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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 65 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.

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

Assigned by: Porter JN, Hewitt RI, Hesseltine CW, Krupka G, Lowery JA, Wallace WS, Bohonos N, Williams JH. Achromycin: a new antibiotic having trypanocidal properties. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1952; 2:409-410.

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Record number: 781428

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Species Streptomyces alboniger

Species ***Streptomyces* *alboniger***