Species Streptomyces avellaneus

Name: Streptomyces avellaneus Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.vel.la.ne.us. N.L. masc. adj. avellaneus, hazel colored, referring to color of the aerial mycelium of the organism; from L. fem. n. abellana, hazel

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23730; BCRC 12219; CBS 752.72; CCRC 12219; CGMCC 4.1687; CMI 126840; DSM 40554; IFO 13451; IMI 126840; JCM 4321; JCM 4725; NBRC 13451; NCIB 11000; NCIMB 11000; NRRL B-3447; NRRL ISP-5554; RIA 1412; VKM Ac-1720

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16S rRNA gene: AB184413 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Baldacci E, Grein A. Streptomyces avellaneus and Streptomyces libani: two new species characterized by a hazelnut brown (avellaneus) aerial mycelium. Giornale di Microbiologia 1966; 14:185-198.

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

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces aureofaciens Duggar 1948 (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.
- ⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Kitasatospora aureofaciens (Duggar 1948) Labeda et al. 2017. 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.
- ❗ Streptomyces avellaneus 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 1 time 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: Baldacci E, Grein A. Streptomyces avellaneus and Streptomyces libani: two new species characterized by a hazelnut brown (avellaneus) aerial mycelium. Giornale di Microbiologia 1966; 14:185-198.

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Species Streptomyces avellaneus