Species ***Streptomyces* *canus***

Name: Streptomyces canus Heinemann et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca’nus. L. masc. adj. canus, white, hoary (neuter canum also as genitive plural)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KA-nus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12237; ATCC 19737; BCRC 13652; CBS 475.68; CCRC 13652; CGMCC 4.1468; DSM 40017; IFM 1092; IFO 12752; JCM 4212; JCM 4569; LMG 19329; NBRC 12752; NCIB 9627; NCIMB 9627; NRRL B-1989; NRRL B-3980; NRRL ISP-5017; RIA 1017; UNIQEM 125; VKM Ac-1011

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16S rRNA gene: AB184118 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Heinemann B, Kaplan MA, Muir RD, Hooper IR. Amphomycin, a new antibiotic. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1953; 3:1239-1242.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces ciscaucasicus Sveshnikova 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Kämpfer et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces ciscaucasicus Sveshnikova 1986. Publication: Kampfer P, Ruckert C, Blom J, Goesmann A, Wink J, Kalinowski J, Glaeser SP. Streptomyces ciscaucasicus Sveshnikova et al. 1983 is a later subjective synonym of Streptomyces canus Heinemann et al. 1953. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:42-46. 🇩🇪
- 🏢 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 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00131 (N = 5).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 31 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.

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

Assigned by: Heinemann B, Kaplan MA, Muir RD, Hooper IR. Amphomycin, a new antibiotic. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1953; 3:1239-1242.

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Species Streptomyces canus

Species ***Streptomyces* *canus***