Species ***Streptomyces* *amritsarensis***

Name: Streptomyces amritsarensis Sharma et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.rit.sar.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. amritsarensis, pertaining to Amritsar, a holy city of Punjab state in India, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 2A; JCM 19660; MTCC 11845

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG819745 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sharma D, Mayilraj S, Manhas RK. Streptomyces amritsarensis sp. nov., exhibiting broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:943-949.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

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 7 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: Sharma D, Mayilraj S, Manhas RK. Streptomyces amritsarensis sp. nov., exhibiting broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:943-949.

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Species Streptomyces amritsarensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *amritsarensis***