Species Streptomyces brevispora

Name: Streptomyces brevispora Zucchi et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bre.vi’spo.ra. L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, small; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. brevispora, the small spore, referring to the small size of the spores (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes bre-WI-spo-ra, masculine

Type strain: BK160; DSM 42059; KACC 21093; NCIMB 14702

16S rRNA gene: MG657248 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Zucchi TD, Kim BY, Kshetrimayum JD, Weon HY, Kwon SW, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces brevispora sp. nov. and Streptomyces laculatispora sp. nov., actinomycetes isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:478-483. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Zucchi TD, Kim BY, Kshetrimayum JD, Weon HY, Kwon SW, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces brevispora sp. nov. and Streptomyces laculatispora sp. nov., actinomycetes isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:478-483. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 789755

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