Species ***Streptomyces* *capoamus***

Name: Streptomyces capoamus Gonçalves de Lima et al. 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.po.a.mus. Nheêngatû, Amazonian dialect capoama, island; N.L. masc. adj. capoamus, island, referring to Ascension Island, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated [probably better: capoamicus]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19006; BCRC 11860; CBS 712.72; CCRC 11860; CGMCC 4.1696; DSM 40494; IFO 13411; JCM 4253; JCM 4734; NBRC 13411; NRRL B-3632; NRRL ISP-5494; RIA 1372

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB045877 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Goncalves De Lima VO, Albert CA, Goncalves De Lima O. Streptomyces capoamus nov. sp., produtor da ciclamicina e das ciclacidinas A e B. Anais da Academia Brazileira de Ciencias 1964; 36:317-322.

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

Notes:
- 😷 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 6 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: Goncalves De Lima VO, Albert CA, Goncalves De Lima O. Streptomyces capoamus nov. sp., produtor da ciclamicina e das ciclacidinas A e B. Anais da Academia Brazileira de Ciencias 1964; 36:317-322.

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Record number: 781523

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Species Streptomyces capoamus

Species ***Streptomyces* *capoamus***