Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces caelestis

Name: Streptomyces caelestis De Boer et al. 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cae.les.tis. L. gen. masc./fem. n. caelestis, of the sky, heavenly (referring to the blue color of the aerial mycelium and spores)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14924; ATCC 15084; ATCC 19733; BCRC 13685; CBS 472.68; CBS 967.70; CCRC 13685; CGMCC 4.1688; DSM 40084; IFO 12749; IMET 43502; JCM 4218; JCM 4566; LMG 5970; NBRC 12749; NCIB 9751; NCIMB 9751; NRRL 2418; RIA 1014; SP 5084; VKM Ac-1822

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16S rRNA gene: X80824 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: De Boer C, Dietz A, Wilkins JR, Lewis CN, Savage GM. Celesticetin - a new crystalline antibiotic. I. Biologic studies of celesticetin. Antibiotics Annual 1955; 1954:831-841.

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: De Boer C, Dietz A, Wilkins JR, Lewis CN, Savage GM. Celesticetin - a new crystalline antibiotic. I. Biologic studies of celesticetin. Antibiotics Annual 1955; 1954:831-841.

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Record number: 781507
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