Species ***Streptomyces* *glauciniger***

Name: Streptomyces glauciniger Huang et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glau.ci’ni.ger. L. masc. adj. glaucus, greenish grey; L. masc. adj. niger, black; N.L. masc. adj. glauciniger, greenish black, referring to the colour of colony reverse on modified Bennett’s agar

Pronunciation, gender: gla͡u-KI-ni-ger, masculine

Type strain: AS 4.1858; DSM 41867; FXJ14; JCM 12278; LMG 22082; NBRC 100913

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB249964 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huang Y, Li W, Wang L, Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Rodriguez C, Liu Z, Swings J, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces glauciniger sp. nov., a novel mesophilic streptomycete isolated from soil in south China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2085-2089. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Actinacidiphila glaucinigra (Huang et al. 2004) Madhaiyan et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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: Huang Y, Li W, Wang L, Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Rodriguez C, Liu Z, Swings J, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces glauciniger sp. nov., a novel mesophilic streptomycete isolated from soil in south China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2085-2089. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 781691

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Species Streptomyces glauciniger

Species ***Streptomyces* *glauciniger***