Species ***Streptomyces* *antimicrobicus***

Name: Streptomyces antimicrobicus Chanama et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.ti.mi.cro’bi.cus. Gr. prep. anti, against; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with various meanings; N.L. masc. adj. antimicrobicus, referring to antimicrobial

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … an-ti-mi-KRO-bi-kus, masculine

Type strain: NBRC 115422; SMC 277; TBRC 15568

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16S rRNA gene: OK380049 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chanama M, Suriyachadkun C, Chanama S. Streptomyces antimicrobicus sp. nov., a novel clay soil-derived actinobacterium producing antimicrobials against drug-resistant bacteria. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0286365. 🇹🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.
- 🙆 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: Chanama M, Suriyachadkun C, Chanama S. Streptomyces antimicrobicus sp. nov., a novel clay soil-derived actinobacterium producing antimicrobials against drug-resistant bacteria. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0286365. 🇹🇭

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Record number: 68007

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Species Streptomyces antimicrobicus

Species ***Streptomyces* *antimicrobicus***