Species ***Streptomyces* *hydrogenans***

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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

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16S rRNA gene: AB184868 Analyse FASTA

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

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 84 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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: 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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Species Streptomyces hydrogenans

Species ***Streptomyces* *hydrogenans***