Species ***Streptomyces* *atacamensis***

Name: Streptomyces atacamensis Santhanam et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ta.cam.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. atacamensis, of or belonging to an extreme hyper-arid site in the Atacama Desert of north-west Chile, the source of the soil from which the strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: C60; CGMCC 4.7018; DSM 42065; KACC 15492

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU551717 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Santhanam R, Okoro CK, Rong X, Huang Y, Bull AT, Weon HY, Andrews BA, Asenjo JA, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces atacamensis sp. nov., isolated from an extreme hyper-arid soil of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2680-2684.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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: Santhanam R, Okoro CK, Rong X, Huang Y, Bull AT, Weon HY, Andrews BA, Asenjo JA, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces atacamensis sp. nov., isolated from an extreme hyper-arid soil of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2680-2684.

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Record number: 790269

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Species Streptomyces atacamensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *atacamensis***