Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces bluensis

Name: Streptomyces bluensis Mason et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc./fem. adj. bluensis, belonging to blue, referring to the blue color of the aerial mycelium (from French adj. bleu) [incorrectly formed: not a location]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27420; CBS 239.69; CBS 761.72; CGMCC 4.1463; DSM 40564; IFO 13460; JCM 4729; LMG 5969; NBRC 13460; NCIB 9754; NCIMB 9754; NRRL 2876; NRRL ISP-5564; RIA 1421

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16S rRNA gene: AB184421 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mason DJ, Dietz A, Hanka LJ. U-12898, a new antibiotic. I. Discovery, biological properties and assay. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1963; 1962:607-613.

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

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

Assigned by: Mason DJ, Dietz A, Hanka LJ. U-12898, a new antibiotic. I. Discovery, biological properties and assay. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1963; 1962:607-613.

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Record number: 781499
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