Species Streptomyces erythreus

Name: Streptomyces erythreus (Waksman 1923) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces erythraeus" corrig. Waksman 1923

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 11635; CECT 3200; CGMCC 4.1478; DSM 40517; HUT 6087; IAM 45; IFO 13426; ISP 5517; JCM 4026; JCM 4748; NBRC 13426; NCIB 8594; NCIMB 8594; NRRL 2338; VKM Ac-1189

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X53198 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces erythraeus corrig. (Waksman 1923) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Saccharopolyspora erythraea corrig. (Waksman 1923) Labeda 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces erythraeus" corrig. Waksman 1923	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Saccharopolyspora spinosporotrichia Zhou et al. 1998	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces erythraeus corrig. (Waksman 1923) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces erythreus" Waksman 1923	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Dif et al. (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Saccharopolyspora spinosporotrichia Zhou et al. 1998. Publication: Dif G, Djemouai N, Meklat A, Zitouni A. A whole-genome study suggests a taxonomic rearrangement of Saccharopolyspora subtropica as a later heterotypic synonym of Saccharopolyspora thermophila and Saccharopolyspora spinosporotrichia as a later heterotypic synonym of Saccharopolyspora erythraea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6731. 🇩🇿
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6765.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 66 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: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

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Species Streptomyces erythreus