Species ***Streptomyces* *bellus***

Name: Streptomyces bellus Margalith and Beretta 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bel’lus. L. masc. adj. bellus, pretty, handsome

Gender: masculine

Type strain: A/870; ATCC 14925; ATCC 23886; CBS 666.68; DSM 40185; IFO 12844; JCM 4292; JCM 4625; NBRC 12844; NRRL B-2575; NRRL ISP-5185; RIA 1139

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184849 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Margalith P, Beretta G. A new antibiotic producing Streptomyces: Str. bellus nov. sp. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 1960; 12:189-195.

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

Notes:
- 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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: Margalith P, Beretta G. A new antibiotic producing Streptomyces: Str. bellus nov. sp. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 1960; 12:189-195.

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Record number: 781494

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Species Streptomyces bellus

Species ***Streptomyces* *bellus***