Species Streptomyces endus

Name: Streptomyces endus Anderson and Gottlieb 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en’dus. Gr. pref. endo-, in; N.L. masc. adj. endus, referring to the site (inside the hyphae) of formation of the antibiotic endomycin

Pronunciation, gender: EN-dus, masculine

Type strain: 9-20; ATCC 23904; CBS 800.68; DSM 40187; IFO 12859; JCM 4213; JCM 4636; NBRC 12859; NRRL 2339; NRRL ISP-5187; RIA 1141

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY999911 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Anderson HW, Gottlieb D. Plant disease control with antibiotics. Economic Botany 1952; 6:294-308.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces hygroscopicus (Jensen 1931) Yüntsen et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces hygroscopicus (Jensen 1931) Yüntsen et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces hygroscopicus" Jensen 1931	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Komaki et al. (2017), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces hygroscopicus" Jensen 1931. Publication: Komaki H, Ichikawa N, Oguchi A, Hamada M, Tamura T, Fujita N, Suzuki KI. Genome analysis-based reclassification of Streptomyces endus and Streptomyces sporocinereus as later heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. hygroscopicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:343-345. 🇯🇵
- ⏲ According to Komaki et al. (2017), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces hygroscopicus (Jensen 1931) Yüntsen et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Komaki H, Ichikawa N, Oguchi A, Hamada M, Tamura T, Fujita N, Suzuki KI. Genome analysis-based reclassification of Streptomyces endus and Streptomyces sporocinereus as later heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. hygroscopicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:343-345. 🇯🇵
- ⏲ According to Komaki et al. (2022), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces hygroscopicus" Jensen 1931. Publication: Komaki H, Igarashi Y, Tamura T. Taxonomic Positions of a Nyuzenamide-Producer and Its Closely Related Strains. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0. 🇯🇵
- ⏲ According to Komaki et al. (2022), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces hygroscopicus (Jensen 1931) Yüntsen et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Komaki H, Igarashi Y, Tamura T. Taxonomic Positions of a Nyuzenamide-Producer and Its Closely Related Strains. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0. 🇯🇵
- ⏰ According to Komaki et al. (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces sporocinereus (ex Krassilnikov 1970) Preobrazhenskaya 1986. Publication: Komaki H, Ichikawa N, Oguchi A, Hamada M, Tamura T, Fujita N, Suzuki KI. Genome analysis-based reclassification of Streptomyces endus and Streptomyces sporocinereus as later heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. hygroscopicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:343-345. 🇯🇵
- ⏰ According to Komaki et al. (2022), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces demainii Goodfellow et al. 2008. Publication: Komaki H, Igarashi Y, Tamura T. Taxonomic Positions of a Nyuzenamide-Producer and Its Closely Related Strains. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0. 🇯🇵
- ⏰ According to Komaki et al. (2022), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces sporocinereus (ex Krassilnikov 1970) Preobrazhenskaya 1986. Publication: Komaki H, Igarashi Y, Tamura T. Taxonomic Positions of a Nyuzenamide-Producer and Its Closely Related Strains. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0. 🇯🇵
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 207. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5517.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
- ❗ Streptomyces endus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptomyces.
- 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Anderson HW, Gottlieb D. Plant disease control with antibiotics. Economic Botany 1952; 6:294-308.

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Species Streptomyces endus