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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes de-SER-ti, masculine

Type strain: C63; CGMCC 4.6997; KACC 15425

16S rRNA gene: EU551708 Analysetree FASTA download

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

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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