Species ***Streptomyces* *calvus***

Name: Streptomyces calvus Backus et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cal.vus. L. masc. adj. calvus, hairless, bald, referring to the sparse formation of aerial mycelium of the organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 13382; ATCC 23890; BCRC 11859; CBS 350.62; CBS 676.68; CCRC 11859; CECT 3271; CGMCC 4.1691; DSM 40010; IFM 1093; IFO 13200; ISP 5010; JCM 4326; JCM 4628; NBRC 13200; NCIMB 12240; NRRL B-2399; NRRL ISP-5010; RIA 1103; T-3018; VKM Ac-1185

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16S rRNA gene: AB184329 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Backus EJ, Tresner HD, Campbell TH. The nucleocidin and alazopetin producing organisms: two new species of Streptomyces. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1957; 7:532-541.

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces aureorectus (ex Taig et al. 1969) Taig and Solovieva 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces asterosporus (ex Krassilnikov 1970) Preobrazhenskaya 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Komaki 2021 Komaki H. Reclassification of 15 Streptomyces species as synonyms of Streptomyces albogriseolus, Streptomyces althioticus, Streptomyces anthocyanicus, Streptomyces calvus, Streptomyces griseoincarnatus, Streptomyces mutabilis, Streptomyces pilosus or Streptomyces rochei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
- Li et al. 2021 Li K, Hu S, Wang Y, Guo Y, Zhou M, Tang X, Gao J. Proposal of Streptomyces aureorectus (ex Taig et al. 1969) Taig and Solovieva 1986 as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces calvus Backus et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) on the basis of a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4955. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5057.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Komaki (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces asterosporus (ex Krassilnikov 1970) Preobrazhenskaya 1986. Publication: Komaki H. Reclassification of 15 Streptomyces species as synonyms of Streptomyces albogriseolus, Streptomyces althioticus, Streptomyces anthocyanicus, Streptomyces calvus, Streptomyces griseoincarnatus, Streptomyces mutabilis, Streptomyces pilosus or Streptomyces rochei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.
- ⏰ According to Li et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces aureorectus (ex Taig et al. 1969) Taig and Solovieva 1986. Publication: Li K, Hu S, Wang Y, Guo Y, Zhou M, Tang X, Gao J. Proposal of Streptomyces aureorectus (ex Taig et al. 1969) Taig and Solovieva 1986 as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces calvus Backus et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) on the basis of a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4955.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5057.
- 😷 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 19 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Backus EJ, Tresner HD, Campbell TH. The nucleocidin and alazopetin producing organisms: two new species of Streptomyces. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1957; 7:532-541.

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Species Streptomyces calvus

Species ***Streptomyces* *calvus***