Species ***Streptomyces* *deserti***

Name: Streptomyces deserti Santhanam et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ser’ti. L. gen. neut. n. deserti, of a desert, pertaining to the Atacama Desert of northwest Chile, the source of soil from which the strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: C63; CGMCC 4.6997; KACC 15425

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU551708 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Santhanam R, Okoro CK, Rong X, Huang Y, Bull AT, Andrews BA, Asenjo JA, Weon HY, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces deserti sp. nov., isolated from hyper-arid Atacama Desert soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:575-581.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 151. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1577-1580.

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 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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: Santhanam R, Okoro CK, Rong X, Huang Y, Bull AT, Andrews BA, Asenjo JA, Weon HY, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces deserti sp. nov., isolated from hyper-arid Atacama Desert soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:575-581.

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Record number: 790625

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Species Streptomyces deserti

Species ***Streptomyces* *deserti***