Species ***Streptomyces* *alfalfae***

Name: Streptomyces alfalfae She et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.fal’fae. N.L. gen. fem. n. alfalfae, of Alfalfa, a genus of plants since this bacterium was isolated from rhizosphere soil of an alfalfa field

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 2015019; KCTC 39571; XY25

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR080524 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: She W, Sun Z, Yi L, Zhao S, Liang Y. Streptomyces alfalfae sp. nov. and comparisons with its closest taxa Streptomyces silaceus, Streptomyces flavofungini and Streptomyces intermedius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:44-49.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

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 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 8 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: She W, Sun Z, Yi L, Zhao S, Liang Y. Streptomyces alfalfae sp. nov. and comparisons with its closest taxa Streptomyces silaceus, Streptomyces flavofungini and Streptomyces intermedius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:44-49.

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Record number: 793710

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Species Streptomyces alfalfae

Species ***Streptomyces* *alfalfae***