Species ***Streptomyces* *helvaticus***

Name: Streptomyces helvaticus (Krassilnikov et al. 1965) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces helvaticus" Krassilnikov et al. 1965

Etymology: hel.va.ti.cus. L. fem. n. Helvetia, Switzerland; N.L. masc. adj. helvaticus, of or belonging to Switzerland (sic)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19841; CBS 683.72; DSM 40431; IFO 13382; INMI 1013-B; JCM 4768; NBRC 13382; NRRL B-12365; NRRL ISP-5431; RIA 1343; VKM Ac-192

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184367 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pridham TG. New names and new combinations in the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture 1970; 1424:1-55.

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 helvaticus" Krassilnikov et al. 1965	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 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: Pridham TG. New names and new combinations in the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture 1970; 1424:1-55.

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Record number: 781744

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Species Streptomyces helvaticus

Species ***Streptomyces* *helvaticus***