Species Streptomyces flavogriseus

Name: Streptomyces flavogriseus (Duché 1934) Waksman and Lechevalier 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces flavogriseus" Duché 1934

Etymology: fla.vo.gri’se.us. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; M.L. masc. adj. griseus, gray; N.L. masc. adj. flavogriseus, yellowish gray

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes fla-wo-GRI-se-us, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25452; BCRC 13440; CBS 101.34; CBS 685.69; CCRC 13440; CECT 3327; CGMCC 4.1884; DSM 40323; IFO 13040; IMET 43576; ISP 5323; JCM 4475; KCTC 9778; NBRC 13040; NRRL B-1671; NRRL ISP-5323; RIA 1232; VKM Ac-1325

16S rRNA gene: AJ494864 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA, Lechevalier HA. Guide to the Classification and Identification of the Actinomycetes and their Antibiotics. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1953.

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 flavovirens (Waksman 1923) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Actinomyces flavogriseus" Duché 1934	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces nigrifaciens Waksman 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces flavovirens" Waksman 1923	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces flavovirens (Waksman 1923) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Rong and Huang (2010), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces flavovirens" Waksman 1923. Publication: Rong X, Huang Y. Taxonomic evaluation of the Streptomyces griseus clade using multilocus sequence analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization, with proposal to combine 29 species and three subspecies as 11 genomic species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:696-703. 🇨🇳
- ⏲ According to Rong and Huang (2010), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces flavovirens (Waksman 1923) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rong X, Huang Y. Taxonomic evaluation of the Streptomyces griseus clade using multilocus sequence analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization, with proposal to combine 29 species and three subspecies as 11 genomic species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:696-703. 🇨🇳
- ❗ Streptomyces flavogriseus 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 31 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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, Lechevalier HA. Guide to the Classification and Identification of the Actinomycetes and their Antibiotics. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1953.

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Species Streptomyces flavogriseus