Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

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

Risk group: 1

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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