Species Streptomyces aureofaciens

Name: Streptomyces aureofaciens Duggar 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.re.o.fa’ci.ens. L. masc. adj. aureus, golden; L. pres. part. faciens, producing; N.L. masc. part. adj. aureofaciens, golden-producing, referring to the pigment produced

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 10762; ATCC 23884; BCRC 11610; CBS 434.51; CBS 664.68; CCM 3239; CCRC 11610; CECT 3206; CGMCC 4.0568; CIP 57.11; DSM 40127; HAMBI 1072; HAMBI 313; HUT 6048; HUT 6097; ICMP 499; IFM 1042; IFM 1218; IFM 1219; IFO 12594; IFO 12843; IFO 3712; IMET 43577; ISP 5127; JCM 4008; JCM 4624; LMG 5968; NBRC 12594; NBRC 12843; NBRC 3712; NCAIM B.01479; NCIB 8234; NCIMB 8234; NRRL 2209; NRRL B-2183; NRRL B-2657; NRRL B-5404; NRRL ISP-5127; RIA 1129; RIA 57; VKM Ac-771; Waksman 3708

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB045881 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Duggar B. Aureomycin: a product of the continuing search for new antibiotics. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 1948; 51:177-181.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Kitasatospora aureofaciens (Duggar 1948) Labeda et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Kitasatospora aureofaciens (Duggar 1948) Labeda et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces psammoticus Virgilio and Hengeller 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces avellaneus Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Kitasatospora psammotica (Virgilio and Hengeller 1960) Labeda et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Groth et al. 2003 Groth I, Schutze B, Boettcher T, Pullen CB, Rodriguez C, Leistner E, Goodfellow M. Kitasatospora putterlickiae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil, transfer of Streptomyces kifunensis to the genus Kitasatospora as Kitasatospora kifunensis comb. nov., and emended description of Streptomyces aureofaciens Duggar 1948. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:2033-2040. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Klaysubun et al. (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces psammoticus Virgilio and Hengeller 1960 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Klaysubun C, Srisuk N, Duangmal K. Kitasatospora humi sp. nov., isolated from a tropical peat swamp forest soil, and proposal for the reclassification of Kitasatospora psammotica as a later heterotypic synonym of Kitasatospora aureofaciens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5356.
- ⏰ According to Klaysubun et al. (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Kitasatospora psammotica (Virgilio and Hengeller 1960) Labeda et al. 2017. Publication: Klaysubun C, Srisuk N, Duangmal K. Kitasatospora humi sp. nov., isolated from a tropical peat swamp forest soil, and proposal for the reclassification of Kitasatospora psammotica as a later heterotypic synonym of Kitasatospora aureofaciens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5356.
- ⏰ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces avellaneus Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
- 🏢 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 72, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5476.
- ❗ Streptomyces aureofaciens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptomyces.
- 😷 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 387 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Duggar B. Aureomycin: a product of the continuing search for new antibiotics. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 1948; 51:177-181.

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Species Streptomyces aureofaciens