Species ***Streptomyces* *humidus***

Name: Streptomyces humidus Nakazawa and Shibata 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu’mi.dus. L. masc. adj. humidus, wet, humid, damp, moist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12760; ATCC 23923; BCRC 13707; CBS 907.68; CCRC 13707; DSM 40263; IFO 12877; JCM 4386; NBRC 12877; NRRL B-3172; NRRL ISP-5263; RIA 1186; VKM Ac-1703

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16S rRNA gene: AB184213 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Imamura A, Hori M, Nakazawa K, Shibata M, Tatsuoka S, Miyake A. A new species of Streptomyces producing dihydrostreptomycin. Proceedings of the Japanese Academy of Science 1956; 32:648-653.

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

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 7 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: Imamura A, Hori M, Nakazawa K, Shibata M, Tatsuoka S, Miyake A. A new species of Streptomyces producing dihydrostreptomycin. Proceedings of the Japanese Academy of Science 1956; 32:648-653.

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Record number: 781752

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Species Streptomyces humidus

Species ***Streptomyces* *humidus***