Species ***Streptomyces* *bikiniensis***

Name: Streptomyces bikiniensis Johnstone and Waksman 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bi.ki.ni.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. bikiniensis, of or pertaining to Bikini Atoll

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 11062; CBS 412.54; CGMCC 4.0569; DSM 40581; HUT 6084; IFM 1057; IFO 14598; IMET 41362; JCM 4011; KCTC 9172; NBRC 14598; NRRL B-1049; NRRL B-2690; NRRL ISP-5581; RIA 471; RIA 74; VKM Ac-999

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16S rRNA gene: X79851 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Johnstone DB, Waksman SA. Streptomycin II, an antibiotic substance produced by a new species of Streptomyces. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1947; 65:294.

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 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.

Notes:
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Johnstone DB, Waksman SA. Streptomycin II, an antibiotic substance produced by a new species of Streptomyces. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1947; 65:294.

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Record number: 781496

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Species Streptomyces bikiniensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *bikiniensis***