Species ***Streptomyces* *filipinensis***

Name: Streptomyces filipinensis Ammann et al. 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.li.pin.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. filipinensis, of or belonging to the Philippines, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23905; BCRC 11472; CBS 309.56; CBS 801.68; CCRC 11472; CGMCC 4.1452; IFO 12860; JCM 4369; LMG 19333; NBRC 12860; NRRL 2437; NRRL ISP-5112; RIA 1124; VKM Ac-966

16S rRNA gene: AB184198 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ammann A, Gottlieb D, Brock TD, Carter HE, Whitfield GB. Filipin, an antibiotic effective against fungi. Phytopathology 1955; 45:559-563.

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

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 19 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Streptomyces filipinensis var. cephamycini" Gauze et al. 1976	not validly published	preferred name

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

Assigned by: Ammann A, Gottlieb D, Brock TD, Carter HE, Whitfield GB. Filipin, an antibiotic effective against fungi. Phytopathology 1955; 45:559-563.

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Record number: 781643

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Species Streptomyces filipinensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *filipinensis***