Species Streptomyces hydrogenans

Name: Streptomyces hydrogenans Lindner et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro’ge.nans. Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. hydrogenans, water producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes hy-DRO-ge-nans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19631; BCRC 11855; CBS 776.72; CCRC 11855; DSM 40586; HAMBI 405; IFO 13475; JCM 4771; NBRC 13475; NRRL B-12091; NRRL ISP-5586; RIA 1436; VKM Ac-1919

16S rRNA gene: AB184868 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Lindner F, Junk R, Nesemann G, Schmidt-Thome J. [Production of 20 beta-hydroxysteroids from 17 alpha, 21-dihydroxy-20-ketosteroids by microbiological hydration with Streptomyces hydrogenans]. Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem 1958; 313:117-123.

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: Lindner F, Junk R, Nesemann G, Schmidt-Thome J. [Production of 20 beta-hydroxysteroids from 17 alpha, 21-dihydroxy-20-ketosteroids by microbiological hydration with Streptomyces hydrogenans]. Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem 1958; 313:117-123.

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Record number: 781755

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