Species ***Streptomyces* *asiaticus***

Name: Streptomyces asiaticus Sembiring et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.si.a’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. asiaticus, pertaining to Asia, Asian

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-si-A-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: A14P1; DSM 41761; JCM 11443; NBRC 100774; NCIMB 13675

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ391830 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sembiring L, Ward AC, Goodfellow M. Selective isolation and characterisation of members of the Streptomyces violaceusniger clade associated with the roots of Paraserianthes falcataria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2000; 78:353-366. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 82. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1619-1620.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2024 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 42. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6793.

Notes:
- 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: ATCC 15166; DSM 41524.
- 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Streptomyces violaceusniger corrig. (Waksman and Curtis 1916) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pridham TG, Hesseltine CW, Benedict RG. A guide for the classification of streptomycetes according to selected groups; placement of strains in morphological sections. Appl Microbiol 1958; 6:52-79. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙆 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Streptomyces asiaticus subsp. asiaticus (Sembiring et al. 2001) Nouioui et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species
Streptomyces asiaticus subsp. ignotus Nouioui et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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

Assigned by: Sembiring L, Ward AC, Goodfellow M. Selective isolation and characterisation of members of the Streptomyces violaceusniger clade associated with the roots of Paraserianthes falcataria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2000; 78:353-366. 🇬🇧

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Species Streptomyces asiaticus

Species ***Streptomyces* *asiaticus***