Species ***Streptomyces* *griseiniger***

Name: Streptomyces griseiniger Goodfellow et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gri’se.i.ni’ger. M.L. masc. adj. griseus, gray; L. masc. adj. niger, black; N.L. masc. adj. griseiniger, gray-black

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 41895; NRRL B-1865

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16S rRNA gene: AJ391818 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Goodfellow M, Kumar Y, Labeda DP, Sembiring L. The Streptomyces violaceusniger clade: a home for Streptomycetes with rugose ornamented spores. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2007; 92:173-199.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 119. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Streptomyces violaceusniger corrig. (Waksman and Curtis 1916) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pridham TG, Hesseltine CW, Benedict RG. A guide for the classification of streptomycetes according to selected groups; placement of strains in morphological sections. Appl Microbiol 1958; 6:52-79. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙆 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: Goodfellow M, Kumar Y, Labeda DP, Sembiring L. The Streptomyces violaceusniger clade: a home for Streptomycetes with rugose ornamented spores. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2007; 92:173-199.

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Species Streptomyces griseiniger

Species ***Streptomyces* *griseiniger***