Species ***Streptomyces* *aurantiacus***

Name: Streptomyces aurantiacus (Rossi Doria 1891) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Streptotrix aurantiaca" Rossi Doria 1891

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.cus. N.L. masc. adj. aurantiacus, orange colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes a͡u-ran-TI-a-kus, masculine

Type strain: 1373; ATCC 19822; ATCC 25429; CBS 927.69; CGMCC 4.1429; DSM 40412; IFO 13017; INMI 1373; JCM 4453; LMG 19358; NBRC 13017; NRRL ISP-5412; RIA 1209; VKM Ac-44

16S rRNA gene: AJ781383 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA, Lechevalier HA. Guide to the Classification and Identification of the Actinomycetes and their Antibiotics. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1953.

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
"Streptotrix aurantiaca" Rossi Doria 1891	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces albosporeus (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces albosporeus" Krainsky 1914	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces glomeroaurantiacus" Krassilnikov 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Streptomyces glomeroaurantiacus (Krassilnikov and Yuan 1965) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces glomeroaurantiacus" Krassilnikov and Yuan 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Emendations:
- Lanoot et al. 2002 Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Wang L, Li W, Liu Z, Swings J. The search for synonyms among streptomycetes by using SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins. Emendation of the species Streptomyces aurantiacus, Streptomyces cacaoi subsp. cacaoi, Streptomyces caeruleus and Streptomyces violaceus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:823-829. 🇧🇪 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.
  Notes:
  - 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
  - 🧍 In the table of contents for the May 2002 issue of the IJSEM, the title of the paper by Lanoot et al. 2002 is erroneously cited as "The search for synonyms among streptomycetes by using SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins. Emendation of the species Streptomyces aurantiacus, Streptomyces cacaoi subsp. cacaoi, Streptomyces caeruleus and Streptomyces violatus (sic)".
- Saygin 2021 Saygin H. Genomic insight into the Streptomyces aurantiacus clade: reclassification of Streptomyces ederensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces umbrinus and Streptomyces glomeroaurantiacus as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces aurantiacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4797. 🇹🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4907.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Lanoot et al. (2002), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces albosporeus" Krainsky 1914. Publication: Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Wang L, Li W, Liu Z, Swings J. The search for synonyms among streptomycetes by using SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins. Emendation of the species Streptomyces aurantiacus, Streptomyces cacaoi subsp. cacaoi, Streptomyces caeruleus and Streptomyces violaceus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:823-829. 🇧🇪
- ⏰ According to Lanoot et al. (2002), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces albosporeus (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Wang L, Li W, Liu Z, Swings J. The search for synonyms among streptomycetes by using SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins. Emendation of the species Streptomyces aurantiacus, Streptomyces cacaoi subsp. cacaoi, Streptomyces caeruleus and Streptomyces violaceus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:823-829. 🇧🇪
- ⏰ According to Saygin (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces glomeroaurantiacus" Krassilnikov and Yuan 1965. Publication: Saygin H. Genomic insight into the Streptomyces aurantiacus clade: reclassification of Streptomyces ederensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces umbrinus and Streptomyces glomeroaurantiacus as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces aurantiacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4797. 🇹🇷
- ⏰ According to Saygin (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces glomeroaurantiacus (Krassilnikov and Yuan 1965) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Saygin H. Genomic insight into the Streptomyces aurantiacus clade: reclassification of Streptomyces ederensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces umbrinus and Streptomyces glomeroaurantiacus as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces aurantiacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4797. 🇹🇷
- ⏰ According to Saygin (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces glomeroaurantiacus" Krassilnikov 1965. Publication: Saygin H. Genomic insight into the Streptomyces aurantiacus clade: reclassification of Streptomyces ederensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces umbrinus and Streptomyces glomeroaurantiacus as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces aurantiacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4797. 🇹🇷
- 🏢 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 71, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4907.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Waksman) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Waksman and Lechevalier).
- 😷 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 16 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, Lechevalier HA. Guide to the Classification and Identification of the Actinomycetes and their Antibiotics. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1953.

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Species Streptomyces aurantiacus

Species ***Streptomyces* *aurantiacus***