Species ***Streptomyces* *cacaoi***

Name: Streptomyces cacaoi (Waksman 1932) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces cacaoi" Waksman 1932

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. cacao, the cacao; N.L. gen. neut. n. cacaoi, of cacao

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19732; ATCC 3082; BCRC 12103; CBS 471.68; CCRC 12103; CGMCC 4.1466; DSM 40057; IFO 12748; IMET 40260; IMRU 3082; JCM 4352; KCTC 9758; LMG 19320; NBRC 12748; NCIB 9626; NCIMB 9626; NRRL B-1220; NRRL B-2686; NRRL ISP-5057; RIA 1013; UNIQEM 123; VKM Ac-733

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184115 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

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
Streptomyces aminophilus Foster 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces cacaoi" Waksman 1932	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Lanoot et al. (2002), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces aminophilus Foster 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Wang L, Li W, Liu Z, Swings J. The search for synonyms among streptomycetes by using SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins. Emendation of the species Streptomyces aurantiacus, Streptomyces cacaoi subsp. cacaoi, Streptomyces caeruleus and Streptomyces violaceus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:823-829.
- 😷 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". — 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 64 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 a putative 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Streptomyces cacaoi subsp. asoensis Isono et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Streptomyces cacaoi subsp. cacaoi (Waksman 1932) Isono et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species

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

Assigned by: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

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Species Streptomyces cacaoi

Species ***Streptomyces* *cacaoi***