Species ***Streptomyces* *griseus***

Name: Streptomyces griseus (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces griseus" Krainsky 1914

Etymology: gri’se.us. M.L. masc. adj. griseus, gray

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23345; ATCC 23921; BCRC 13478; CBS 905.68; CCRC 13478; CCT 4836; CCUG 11104; CECT 3330; CFBP 4546; CGMCC 4.1419; CIP 105124; DSM 40236; DSM 46642; HAMBI 2315; IFO 12875; IFO 15744; JCM 4047; JCM 4644; KCTC 9080; KCTC 9135; LMG 19302; NBRC 12875; NBRC 15744; NCIMB 13023; NCTC 13033; NRRL B-2682; NRRL ISP-5236; PCM 2331; RIA 1176; VKM Ac-800

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK734067 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Actinomyces globisporus subsp. flavofuscus" Kudrina 1957	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank
"Actinomyces acrimycini" Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1957	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces fimicarius" Duché 1934	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces flavofuscus (Kudrina 1957) Preobrazhenskaya 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces caviscabies Goyer et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces acrimycini (Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces globisporus subsp. flavofuscus (Kudrina 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Streptomyces fimicarius (Duché 1934) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces griseus" Krainsky 1914	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces baarnensis Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces setonii (Millard and Burr 1926) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces setonii" Millard and Burr 1926	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces erumpens Calot and Cercós 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Liu et al. 2005 Liu Z, Shi Y, Zhang Y, Zhou Z, Lu Z, Li W, Huang Y, Rodriguez C, Goodfellow M. Classification of Streptomyces griseus (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948 and related species and the transfer of 'Microstreptospora cinerea' to the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces yanii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1605-1610. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by 3 proposals regarding the synonymy of the species.
- 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 Guo et al. (2008), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces erumpens Calot and Cercós 1963 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Guo Y, Zheng W, Rong X, Huang Y. A multilocus phylogeny of the Streptomyces griseus 16S rRNA gene clade: use of multilocus sequence analysis for streptomycete systematics. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:149-159.
- ⏰ According to Guo et al. (2008), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces argenteolus Tresner et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Guo Y, Zheng W, Rong X, Huang Y. A multilocus phylogeny of the Streptomyces griseus 16S rRNA gene clade: use of multilocus sequence analysis for streptomycete systematics. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:149-159.
- ⏰ According to Liu et al. (2005), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces setonii" Millard and Burr 1926. Publication: Liu Z, Shi Y, Zhang Y, Zhou Z, Lu Z, Li W, Huang Y, Rodriguez C, Goodfellow M. Classification of Streptomyces griseus (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948 and related species and the transfer of 'Microstreptospora cinerea' to the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces yanii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1605-1610.
- ⏰ According to Liu et al. (2005), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces argenteolus Tresner et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Liu Z, Shi Y, Zhang Y, Zhou Z, Lu Z, Li W, Huang Y, Rodriguez C, Goodfellow M. Classification of Streptomyces griseus (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948 and related species and the transfer of 'Microstreptospora cinerea' to the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces yanii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1605-1610.
- ⏰ According to Liu et al. (2005), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces caviscabies Goyer et al. 1996. Publication: Liu Z, Shi Y, Zhang Y, Zhou Z, Lu Z, Li W, Huang Y, Rodriguez C, Goodfellow M. Classification of Streptomyces griseus (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948 and related species and the transfer of 'Microstreptospora cinerea' to the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces yanii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1605-1610.
- ⏰ According to Liu et al. (2005), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces setonii (Millard and Burr 1926) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Liu Z, Shi Y, Zhang Y, Zhou Z, Lu Z, Li W, Huang Y, Rodriguez C, Goodfellow M. Classification of Streptomyces griseus (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948 and related species and the transfer of 'Microstreptospora cinerea' to the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces yanii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1605-1610.
- ⏰ According to Rong and Huang (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces acrimycini" Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1957. 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.
- ⏰ According to Rong and Huang (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces fimicarius" Duché 1934. 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.
- ⏰ According to Rong and Huang (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces acrimycini (Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (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.
- ⏰ According to Rong and Huang (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces baarnensis Pridham et al. 1958 (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.
- ⏰ According to Rong and Huang (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces erumpens Calot and Cercós 1963 (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.
- ⏰ According to Rong and Huang (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces fimicarius (Duché 1934) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (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.
- ⏰ According to Rong and Huang (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces flavofuscus (Kudrina 1957) Preobrazhenskaya 1986. 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01528 (N = 5).
- 😷 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 1493 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- 🧍 The distinct name Streptomyces griseolus from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Streptomyces griseus subsp. alpha (Ciferri 1927) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Streptomyces griseus subsp. cretosus Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Streptomyces griseus subsp. griseus (Krainsky 1914) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)
Streptomyces griseus subsp. solvifaciens Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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

Assigned by: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

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Species Streptomyces griseus

Species ***Streptomyces* *griseus***