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Species Streptomyces filamentosus

Name: Streptomyces filamentosus Okami and Umezawa 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.la.men.to’sus. L. neut. n. filamentum, assembly of threads; L. masc. adj. suff. -osus, suffix used with the sense of full of, prone to; N.L. masc. adj. filamentosus, full of threads or filaments

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes fi-la-men-TO-sus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19753; BCRC 13644; CBS 492.68; CCRC 13644; CGMCC 4.1656; DSM 40022; HAMBI 1010; IFM 1180; IFO 12767; IMET 43562; JCM 4122; JCM 4576; NBRC 12767; NCIMB 13018; NRRL B-2114; NRRL ISP-5022; RIA 1034; UNIQEM 140; VKM Ac-1266

16S rRNA gene: AB184130 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Okami Y, Okuda T, Takeuchi T, Nitta K, Umezawa H. Studies on antitumor substances produced by microorganisms, IV. Sarkomycin-producing Streptomyces and two other Streptomyces producing the antitumor substance N° 289 and caryomycin. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series A 1953; 6:153-157.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • Emendations:
    • Lanoot et al. 2004 Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Cnockaert M, Zhang J, Huang Y, Liu Z, Swings J. BOX-pCR fingerprinting as a powerful tool to reveal synonymous names in the genus Streptomyces. Emended descriptions are proposed for the species Streptomyces cinereorectus, S. fradiae, S. tricolor, S. colombiensis, S. filamentosus, S. vinaceus and S. phaeopurpureus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:84-92. 🇧🇪 Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 1. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:7-8.
      Notes:
      • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
  • Notes:
    • ⏰ According to Lanoot et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces roseosporus Falcão de Morais and Dália Maia 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Cnockaert M, Zhang J, Huang Y, Liu Z, Swings J. BOX-pCR fingerprinting as a powerful tool to reveal synonymous names in the genus Streptomyces. Emended descriptions are proposed for the species Streptomyces cinereorectus, S. fradiae, S. tricolor, S. colombiensis, S. filamentosus, S. vinaceus and S. phaeopurpureus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:84-92. 🇧🇪
    • 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: Okami Y, Okuda T, Takeuchi T, Nitta K, Umezawa H. Studies on antitumor substances produced by microorganisms, IV. Sarkomycin-producing Streptomyces and two other Streptomyces producing the antitumor substance N° 289 and caryomycin. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series A 1953; 6:153-157.

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Record number: 781642