Species ***Streptomyces* *durhamensis***

Name: Streptomyces durhamensis Gordon and Lapa 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dur.ham.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. durhamensis, of or belonging to Durham, named after Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23194; CBS 742.72; CGMCC 4.1699; DSM 40539; HAMBI 1064; IFO 13441; IMET 43359; JCM 4291; JCM 4747; KCTC 9723; NBRC 13441; NRRL B-3309; NRRL ISP-5539; RIA 1402; VKM Ac-763

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16S rRNA gene: AB184405 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gordon MA, Lapa EW. Durhamycin, a Pentaene Antifungal Antibiotic from Streptomyces durhamensis sp. n. Appl Microbiol 1966; 14:754-760.

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

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

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 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Gordon MA, Lapa EW. Durhamycin, a Pentaene Antifungal Antibiotic from Streptomyces durhamensis sp. n. Appl Microbiol 1966; 14:754-760.

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Species Streptomyces durhamensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *durhamensis***