Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces gancidicus

Name: Streptomyces gancidicus Suzuki 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gan.ci.di.cus. N.L. neut. n. gancidinum, gancidin, name of an antibiotic; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. gancidicus, belonging to gancidin

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 40935; IFM 1024; IFO 15412; JCM 4171; NBRC 15412; NCIMB 12858; NRRL B-1872

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16S rRNA gene: AB184660 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Suzuki M. Studies on an antitumor substance, gancidin. Mycological study on the strain AAK-84 and production, purification of active fractions (in Japanese). Journal Chiba Medical Society 1957; 33:535-542.

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Suzuki M. Studies on an antitumor substance, gancidin. Mycological study on the strain AAK-84 and production, purification of active fractions (in Japanese). Journal Chiba Medical Society 1957; 33:535-542.

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Record number: 781681
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