Species ***Streptomyces* *cellulolyticus***

Name: Streptomyces cellulolyticus Li 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cel.lu.lo.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. cellulolyticus, decomposing cellulose [probably better: cellulosilyticus]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes kel-lu-lo-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: AS. 41332; LX

Valid publication: Li X. Streptomyces cellulolyticus sp. nov., a new cellulolytic member of the genus Streptomyces. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:443-445.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

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 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Li X. Streptomyces cellulolyticus sp. nov., a new cellulolytic member of the genus Streptomyces. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:443-445.

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Record number: 785001

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Species Streptomyces cellulolyticus

Species ***Streptomyces* *cellulolyticus***