Species Streptomyces echinoruber

Name: Streptomyces echinoruber Palleroni et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.chi.no’ru.ber. L. masc. n. echinus, a hedgehog, urchin; L. masc. adj. ruber, red; N.L. masc. adj. echinoruber, spiny red

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes e-khi-NO-ru-ber, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.1707; DSM 41696; IFO 14238; JCM 5016; KCTC 9725; NBRC 14238; NCIMB 12831; NRRL 8144; X-14077

16S rRNA gene: MT760643 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Palleroni NJ, Reichelt KE, Mueller D, Epps R, Tabenkin B, Bull DN, Schuep W, Berger J. Production of a novel red pigment, rubrolone, by Streptomyces echinoruber sp. nov. I. Taxonomy, fermentation and partial purification. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1978; 31:1218-1225.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 7. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:382-383.

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: Palleroni NJ, Reichelt KE, Mueller D, Epps R, Tabenkin B, Bull DN, Schuep W, Berger J. Production of a novel red pigment, rubrolone, by Streptomyces echinoruber sp. nov. I. Taxonomy, fermentation and partial purification. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1978; 31:1218-1225.

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Record number: 781620

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