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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces caledonius

Name: Streptomyces caledonius Prole et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.le.do’ni.us. L. masc. adj. caledonius, pertaining to Scotland

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 118365; MS1.HAVA.3; NCIMB 15554

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PQ579662 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Prole JR, Allenby N, Manning DAC, Goodfellow M. Identification of four novel Streptomyces isolated from machair grassland soil using a culture-based bioprospecting strategy: Streptomyces caledonius sp. nov., Streptomyces machairae sp. nov., Streptomyces pratisoli sp. nov. and Streptomyces achmelvichensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6736.

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: Prole JR, Allenby N, Manning DAC, Goodfellow M. Identification of four novel Streptomyces isolated from machair grassland soil using a culture-based bioprospecting strategy: Streptomyces caledonius sp. nov., Streptomyces machairae sp. nov., Streptomyces pratisoli sp. nov. and Streptomyces achmelvichensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6736.

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Record number: 64847
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