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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces cahuitamycinicus

Name: Streptomyces cahuitamycinicus Saygin et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.hu.i.ta.my.ci’ni.cus. N.L. neut. n. cahuitamycinum, cahuitamycin, an inhibitor of biofilm formation; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, adjectival suffix used with various meanings; N.L. masc. adj. cahuitamycinicus, referring to the ability of the organism to produce cahuitamycin

Pronunciation, gender: ka-hu-i-ta-my-KI-ni-kus, masculine

Type strain: 13K301; DSM 106873; KCTC 49110

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG770843 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Saygin H, Ay H, Guven K, Cetin D, Sahin N. Streptomyces cahuitamycinicus sp. nov., isolated from desert soil and reclassification of Streptomyces galilaeus as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces bobili. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2750-2759.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Saygin H, Ay H, Guven K, Cetin D, Sahin N. Streptomyces cahuitamycinicus sp. nov., isolated from desert soil and reclassification of Streptomyces galilaeus as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces bobili. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2750-2759.

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Record number: 7323
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