Species ***Streptomyces* *antimycoticus***

Name: Streptomyces antimycoticus Waksman 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.ti.my.co’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. antimycoticus, against fungal, antimycotic; from Gr. prep. anti, against; from Gr. masc. n. mykês (gen. mykêtos), fungus; from L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix of various meanings, but signifying in general made of or belonging to

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … an-ti-my-KO-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23880; CBS 660.68; CGMCC 4.1591; DSM 40284; IFO 12839; JCM 4228; JCM 4621; KCTC 9694; NBRC 12839; NRRL 2421; NRRL ISP-5284; RIA 1198; VKM Ac-1824

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16S rRNA gene: AB184185 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA. Family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan and family Steptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 744-825.

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

Emendations:
- Komaki and Tamura 2020 Komaki H, Tamura T. Reclassification of Streptomyces castelarensis and Streptomyces sporoclivatus as later heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces antimycoticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1099-1105. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by 2 proposals regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Komaki and Tamura (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces sporoclivatus (ex Krassilnikov 1970) Preobrazhenskaya 1986. Publication: Komaki H, Tamura T. Reclassification of Streptomyces castelarensis and Streptomyces sporoclivatus as later heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces antimycoticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1099-1105. 🇯🇵
- ⏰ According to Komaki and Tamura (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces castelarensis (Cercós 1954) Kumar and Goodfellow 2008 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Komaki H, Tamura T. Reclassification of Streptomyces castelarensis and Streptomyces sporoclivatus as later heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces antimycoticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1099-1105. 🇯🇵
- ⏰ According to Nouioui et al. (2024), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces sporoclivatus (ex Krassilnikov 1970) Preobrazhenskaya 1986. Publication: Nouioui I, Boldt J, Zimmermann A, Makitrynskyy R, Potter G, Jando M, Doppner M, Kirstein S, Neumann-Schaal M, Gomez-Escribano JP, et al. Biotechnological and pharmaceutical potential of twenty-eight novel type strains of Actinomycetes from different environments worldwide. Curr Res Microb Sci 2024; 7:100290. 🇩🇪
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.
- 😷 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 6 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Streptomyces antimycoticus subsp. antimycoticus (Waksman 1957) Nouioui et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Streptomyces antimycoticus subsp. mordarskii (Kumar and Goodfellow 2008) Komaki 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Streptomyces antimycoticus subsp. sporoclivatus (Preobrazhenskaya 1986 ex Krassilnikov 1970) Nouioui et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: Waksman SA. Family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan and family Steptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 744-825.

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Species Streptomyces antimycoticus

Species ***Streptomyces* *antimycoticus***