Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces chartreusis

Name: Streptomyces chartreusis Leach et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: char.treu.sis. N.L. neut. n. chartreusum, a Carthusian monastery famed for a sweet yellow liqueur, hence the color "chartreuse" (from French n. chartreuse); N.L. masc./fem. adj. chartreusis, yellow, referring to color of the diffusible pigment formed by the organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14922; ATCC 19738; BCRC 13673; CBS 476.68; CCRC 13673; CCT 5005; CGMCC 4.1639; DSM 40085; IFO 12753; JCM 4570; KCTC 9704; NBRC 12753; NRRL 2287; NRRL ISP-5085; RIA 1018; UNIQEM 126; VKM Ac-1721

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16S rRNA gene: AB184839 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Leach BE, Calhoun KM, Johnson LE, Teeters CM, Jackson WG. Chartreusin, a new antibiotic produced by Streptomyces chartreusis a new species. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1953; 75:4011-4012.

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

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

Assigned by: Leach BE, Calhoun KM, Johnson LE, Teeters CM, Jackson WG. Chartreusin, a new antibiotic produced by Streptomyces chartreusis a new species. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1953; 75:4011-4012.

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Record number: 781540
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