Species ***Streptomyces* *caeruleatus***

Name: Streptomyces caeruleatus Zhu et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cae.ru.le.a’tus. L. masc. adj. caeruleatus, dark blue coloured, referring to the dark blue pigments produced

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ka͡e-ru-le-A-tus, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC M 208213; DSM 42045; GIMN4.002; NRRL B-24802

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ329712 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhu HH, Guo J, Yao Q, Yang SZ, Deng MR, Li TH. Streptomyces caeruleatus sp. nov., with dark blue diffusible pigment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:507-511. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00354 (N = 5).
- 😷 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 9 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 risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Zhu HH, Guo J, Yao Q, Yang SZ, Deng MR, Li TH. Streptomyces caeruleatus sp. nov., with dark blue diffusible pigment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:507-511. 🇨🇳

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Species Streptomyces caeruleatus

Species ***Streptomyces* *caeruleatus***