Species ***Streptomyces* *globisporus***

Name: Streptomyces globisporus (Krassilnikov 1941) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces globisporus" Krassilnikov 1941

Etymology: glo.bi’spo.rus. L. masc. n. globus, a round body; Gr. fem. n. spora, a spore; N.L. masc. adj. globisporus, round spored (as determined by light microscopy)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … glo-BI-spo-rus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15864; ATCC 23913; BCRC 11479; CBS 834.68; CCRC 11479; CCUG 11107; DSM 40199; IFO 12867; INMI 2302; JCM 4378; KCTC 9026; NBRC 12867; NCAIM B.01476; NCIB 9796; NCIMB 9796; NRRL B-2872; NRRL ISP-5199; RIA 1151; RIA 335; VKM Ac-179

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF178686 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA, Lechevalier HA. Guide to the Classification and Identification of the Actinomycetes and their Antibiotics. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1953.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Actinomyces globisporus" Krassilnikov 1941	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces albovinaceus" Kudrina 1957	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces albovinaceus (Kudrina 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces griseinus Waksman 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces mediolani Arcamone et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Streptomyces griseinus" Pridham 1970	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Emendations:
- Kim et al. 2012 Kim KO, Shin KS, Kim MN, Shin KS, Labeda DP, Han JH, Kim SB. Reassessment of the status of Streptomyces setonii and reclassification of Streptomyces fimicarius as a later synonym of Streptomyces setonii and Streptomyces albovinaceus as a later synonym of Streptomyces globisporus based on combined 16S rRNA/gyrB gene sequence analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2978-2985. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by 2 proposals regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Kim et al. (2012), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces albovinaceus" Kudrina 1957. Publication: Kim KO, Shin KS, Kim MN, Shin KS, Labeda DP, Han JH, Kim SB. Reassessment of the status of Streptomyces setonii and reclassification of Streptomyces fimicarius as a later synonym of Streptomyces setonii and Streptomyces albovinaceus as a later synonym of Streptomyces globisporus based on combined 16S rRNA/gyrB gene sequence analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2978-2985. 🇰🇷
- ⏰ According to Kim et al. (2012), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces albovinaceus (Kudrina 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kim KO, Shin KS, Kim MN, Shin KS, Labeda DP, Han JH, Kim SB. Reassessment of the status of Streptomyces setonii and reclassification of Streptomyces fimicarius as a later synonym of Streptomyces setonii and Streptomyces albovinaceus as a later synonym of Streptomyces globisporus based on combined 16S rRNA/gyrB gene sequence analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2978-2985. 🇰🇷
- ⏰ According to Kim et al. (2012), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces griseinus Waksman 1959 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kim KO, Shin KS, Kim MN, Shin KS, Labeda DP, Han JH, Kim SB. Reassessment of the status of Streptomyces setonii and reclassification of Streptomyces fimicarius as a later synonym of Streptomyces setonii and Streptomyces albovinaceus as a later synonym of Streptomyces globisporus based on combined 16S rRNA/gyrB gene sequence analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2978-2985. 🇰🇷
- ⏰ According to Kim et al. (2012), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Streptomyces griseinus" Pridham 1970. Publication: Kim KO, Shin KS, Kim MN, Shin KS, Labeda DP, Han JH, Kim SB. Reassessment of the status of Streptomyces setonii and reclassification of Streptomyces fimicarius as a later synonym of Streptomyces setonii and Streptomyces albovinaceus as a later synonym of Streptomyces globisporus based on combined 16S rRNA/gyrB gene sequence analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2978-2985. 🇰🇷
- ⏰ According to Rong and Huang (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces mediolani Arcamone et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rong X, Huang Y. Taxonomic evaluation of the Streptomyces griseus clade using multilocus sequence analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization, with proposal to combine 29 species and three subspecies as 11 genomic species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:696-703. 🇨🇳
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Waksman) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Waksman and Lechevalier).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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 138 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Streptomyces globisporus subsp. caucasicus (Kudrina 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Streptomyces globisporus subsp. flavofuscus (Kudrina 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Streptomyces globisporus subsp. globisporus (Krassilnikov 1941) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species

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

Assigned by: Waksman SA, Lechevalier HA. Guide to the Classification and Identification of the Actinomycetes and their Antibiotics. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1953.

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Species Streptomyces globisporus

Species ***Streptomyces* *globisporus***