Species Streptomyces indigoferus

Name: Streptomyces indigoferus Shinobu and Kawato 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ind.i.go.fe.rus. French masc. n. indigo, the dye indigo; from L. neut. adj. indicum, indigo; L. masc. adj. suff. -fer, bearing; from L. v. fero, to bear; N.L. masc. adj. indigoferus, bearing (producing) indigo and referring to production of blue to green diffusible pigments on chemically defined media (sic) [probably better: indigofer]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23924; BCRC 13773; CBS 908.68; CCRC 13773; DSM 40124; IFO 12878; IFO 3868; IMET 42938; JCM 4646; NBRC 12878; NBRC 3868; NCIB 9718; NCIMB 9718; NRRL B-3301; NRRL ISP-5124; RIA 1127

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184214 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shinobu R, Kawato M. On Streptomyces indigoferus nov. sp. producing blue to green soluble pigment on some synthetic media. Memoirs of the Osaka University of the Liberal Arts and Education B. Natural Science 1960; 9:49-53.

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: synonym

Correct name: Kitasatospora indigofera (Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Kitasatospora indigofera (Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Streptomyces indigoferus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptomyces.
- 😷 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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shinobu R, Kawato M. On Streptomyces indigoferus nov. sp. producing blue to green soluble pigment on some synthetic media. Memoirs of the Osaka University of the Liberal Arts and Education B. Natural Science 1960; 9:49-53.

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Species Streptomyces indigoferus