Species Streptomyces ghanaensis

Name: Streptomyces ghanaensis Wallhäusser et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gha.na.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. ghanaensis, of or belonging to Ghana, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated [probably better: ghanensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gha-na-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14672; CBS 544.70; CECT 3210; DSM 40746; IFO 15414; JCM 4963; NBRC 15414; NRRL B-12104

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16S rRNA gene: AB184662 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wallhäusser KH, Nesemann G, Präve P, Steigler A. Moenomycin, a new antibiotic. I. Fermentation and isolation. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1966; 1965:734-736.

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 viridosporus Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces viridosporus Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Goodfellow et al. (2017), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces viridosporus Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Goodfellow M, Busarakam K, Idris H, Labeda DP, Nouioui I, Brown R, Kim BY, Del Carmen Montero-Calasanz M, Andrews BA, Bull AT. Streptomyces asenjonii sp. nov., isolated from hyper-arid Atacama Desert soils and emended description of Streptomyces viridosporus Pridham et al. 1958. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:1133-1148. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Streptomyces ghanaensis 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 39 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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: Wallhäusser KH, Nesemann G, Präve P, Steigler A. Moenomycin, a new antibiotic. I. Fermentation and isolation. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1966; 1965:734-736.

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Species Streptomyces ghanaensis