Species ***Streptomyces* *antibioticus***

Name: Streptomyces antibioticus (Waksman and Woodruff 1941) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces antibioticus" Waksman and Woodruff 1941

Etymology: an.ti.bi.o’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. antibioticus, against life, antibiotic; from Gr. prep. anti, against; from Gr. masc. n. bios, life; from L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix of various meanings, but signifying in general made of or belonging to

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes an-ti-bi-O-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23879; ATCC 8663; BCRC 12164; CBS 478.48; CBS 659.68; CCM 3159; CCRC 12164; CECT 3225; DSM 40234; IFO 12838; IMET 40227; JCM 4620; KCTC 9688; LMG 5966; NBRC 12838; NCIB 8504; NCIMB 8504; NRRL B-1701; NRRL B-2770; NRRL ISP-5234; RIA 1174; VKM Ac-964

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184184 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Actinomyces antibioticus" Waksman and Woodruff 1941	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00002 (N = 4).
- 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 357 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

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Species ***Streptomyces* *antibioticus***