Species ***Streptomyces* *candidus***

Name: Streptomyces candidus (ex Krassilnikov 1941) Sveshnikova 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: can’di.dus. L. masc. adj. candidus, shining white, clear, bright

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KAN-di-dus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19735; ATCC 19891; ATCC 23891; BCRC 13760; CBS 677.68; CCRC 13760; CGMCC 4.1664; DSM 40141; ICMP 12538; IFO 12846; INA 5855/54; JCM 4629; KCTC 9020; NBRC 12846; NCIMB 12827; NRRL ISP-5141; RIA 1131; VKM Ac-1091

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184190 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gauze GF, Preobrazhenskaya TP, Sveshnikova MA, Terekhova LP, Maximova TS. A guide for the determination of actinomycetes. Genera Streptomyces, Streptoverticillium, and Chainia. Nauka, Moscow, URSS, 1983.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Streptomyces candidus" (Krassilnikov 1941) Waksman 1953	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Sveshnikova) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Gauze et al.).
- 😷 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 10 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.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 Names of the individuals to be credited for Streptomyces candidus proposed in reference Gause et al. 1983 were supplied by T.P. Preobrazhenskaya, personal communication to the Associate Editor, IJSB. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.
- 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Actinomyces candidus". Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 2nd ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1925.

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

Assigned by: Gauze GF, Preobrazhenskaya TP, Sveshnikova MA, Terekhova LP, Maximova TS. A guide for the determination of actinomycetes. Genera Streptomyces, Streptoverticillium, and Chainia. Nauka, Moscow, URSS, 1983.

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Species Streptomyces candidus

Species ***Streptomyces* *candidus***