Species Streptomyces alboverticillatus

Name: Streptomyces alboverticillatus (Locci and Schofield 1989 ex Arai 1976) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptoverticillium alboverticillatum (ex Arai 1976) Locci and Schofield 1989

Etymology: al.bo.ver.ti.cil.la’tus. L. masc. adj. albus, white; L. masc. adj. verticillatus, forming whorls; from L. masc. n. verticillus, the whirl of a spindle; N.L. masc. adj. alboverticillatus, white and forming whorls

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes al-bo-wer-ti-kil-LA-tus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29818; DSM 41678; IFO 13861; IPV 2254; NBRC 13861

16S rRNA gene: AY999766 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Witt D, Stackebrandt E. Unification of the genera Streptoverticillium and Streptomyces, and amendation of Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943, 339AL. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:361-371. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 58. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:836-837.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces griseocarneus (Benedict et al. 1950) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Verticillomyces griseocarneus" (Benedict et al. 1950) Shinobu 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Streptoverticillium septatum Locci et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Streptomyces griseocarneus" Benedict et al. 1950	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces griseocarneus (Benedict et al. 1950) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptoverticillium alboverticillatum (ex Arai 1976) Locci and Schofield 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptoverticillium griseocarneum (Benedict et al. 1950) Baldacci et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces septatus (Locci et al. 1969) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Streptomyces griseocarneus" Benedict et al. 1950. Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
- ⏲ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptoverticillium griseocarneum (Benedict et al. 1950) Baldacci et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
- ⏲ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces griseocarneus (Benedict et al. 1950) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991. Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
- ⏲ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptoverticillium septatum Locci et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
- ⏲ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces septatus (Locci et al. 1969) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991. Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
- ⏲ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Verticillomyces griseocarneus" (Benedict et al. 1950) Shinobu 1965. Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
- ❗ Streptomyces alboverticillatus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptomyces.
- 😷 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The distinct name Streptomyces biverticillatus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Streptomyces griseoverticillatus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Streptomyces luteoverticillatus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Streptomyces olivoverticillatus from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Streptomyces roseoverticillatus from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.
- 🧍 This species was inadvertently omitted from Validation List no. 38 (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 456-457); the effective date of validation is that of List no. 38 (July 1991). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 58. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:836-837.

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

Assigned by: Witt D, Stackebrandt E. Unification of the genera Streptoverticillium and Streptomyces, and amendation of Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943, 339AL. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:361-371. 🇩🇪

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Species Streptomyces alboverticillatus