Species ***Streptomyces* *hypolithicus***

Name: Streptomyces hypolithicus Le Roes-Hill et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.po.li’thi.cus. N.L. masc. adj. hypolithicus, belonging to a hypolith community

Pronunciation, gender: … hy-po-LI-t^hi-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 41950; HSM#10; NRRL B-24669

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU196762 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Le Roes-Hill M, Rohland J, Meyers PR, Cowan DA, Burton SG. Streptomyces hypolithicus sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic hypolith community. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2032-2035. 🇿🇦

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

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 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 1 time 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: Le Roes-Hill M, Rohland J, Meyers PR, Cowan DA, Burton SG. Streptomyces hypolithicus sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic hypolith community. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2032-2035. 🇿🇦

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Record number: 787992

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Species Streptomyces hypolithicus

Species ***Streptomyces* *hypolithicus***