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. adj. bikiniensis, of or pertaining to Bikini Atoll

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bi-ki-ni-EN-sis, 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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Actinomyces bikiniensis" (Johnstone and Waksman 1947) Krassilnikov 1949	homotypic synonym, not validly published

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:
- 😷 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 44 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 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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Species Streptomyces bikiniensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *bikiniensis***