Species ***Streptomyces* *cocklensis***

Name: Streptomyces cocklensis Kim et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cock.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. cocklensis, of or belonging to Cockle, referring to Cockle Park Experimental Farm, the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kokk-LEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: BK168; DSM 42063; KACC 20908; NCIMB 14704

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR692107 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim BY, Zucchi TD, Fiedler HP, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces cocklensis sp. nov., a dioxamycin-producing actinomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:279-283. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1020.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Actinacidiphila cocklensis (Kim et al. 2012) Świecimska et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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 4 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: Kim BY, Zucchi TD, Fiedler HP, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces cocklensis sp. nov., a dioxamycin-producing actinomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:279-283. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 789680

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Species Streptomyces cocklensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *cocklensis***