Species ***Streptomyces* *fractus***

Name: Streptomyces fractus Rohland and Meyers 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: frac’tus. L. masc. part. adj. fractus, meaning broken, shattered, having been broken, referring to the fragmentation of the hyphae in liquid media

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 42163; MV32; NRRL B-59159

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16S rRNA gene: FJ857947 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rohland J, Meyers PR. Streptomyces fractus sp. nov., a novel streptomycete isolated from the gut of a South African termite. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1127-1134.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

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 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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: Rohland J, Meyers PR. Streptomyces fractus sp. nov., a novel streptomycete isolated from the gut of a South African termite. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1127-1134.

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Record number: 792673

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Species Streptomyces fractus

Species ***Streptomyces* *fractus***