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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces benahoarensis

Name: Streptomyces benahoarensis Gonzalez-Pimentel et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: be.na.hoar.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. benahoarensis, originating from Benahoare, the Guanche name of La Palma, the island where both strains were isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 9805; DSM 110452; DSM 8002; MZ03-37

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Effective publication: Gonzalez-Pimentel JL, Hermosin B, Saiz-Jimenez C, Jurado V. Streptomyces benahoarensis sp. nov. Isolated From a Lava Tube of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:907816.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 212. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gonzalez-Pimentel JL, Hermosin B, Saiz-Jimenez C, Jurado V. Streptomyces benahoarensis sp. nov. Isolated From a Lava Tube of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:907816.

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Record number: 39645
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