Species Streptomyces griseochromogenes

Name: Streptomyces griseochromogenes Fukunaga 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gri.se.o.chro.mo’ge.nes. M.L. masc. adj. griseus, gray; Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. griseochromogenes, producing gray color

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes gri-se-o-khro-MO-ge-nes, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14511; BCRC 11818; CBS 714.72; CCRC 11818; DSM 40499; IFM 1229; IFO 13413; JCM 4039; JCM 4764; KCTC 9027; NBRC 13413; NRRL B-12423; NRRL ISP-5499; RIA 1374

16S rRNA gene: AB184387 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Fukunaga K, Misato T, Ishii I, Asakawa M. Blasticidin, a new antiphytopathogenic fungal substance. Part I. Bulletin of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1955; 19:181-188.

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

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

Assigned by: Fukunaga K, Misato T, Ishii I, Asakawa M. Blasticidin, a new antiphytopathogenic fungal substance. Part I. Bulletin of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1955; 19:181-188.

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Record number: 781710

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