Species ***Streptomyces* *kanamyceticus***

Name: Streptomyces kanamyceticus Okami and Umezawa 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ka.na.my.ce’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. kanamycinum, kanamycin, name of an antibiotic; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. kanamyceticus, belonging to kanamycin

Pronunciation, gender: ka-na-my-KE-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12853; BCRC 11515; CBS 715.72; CCRC 11515; CGMCC 4.1441; DSM 40500; IFO 13414; JCM 4433; JCM 4775; KCTC 9225; LMG 19351; LMG 5976; NBRC 13414; NCIB 9343; NCIMB 9343; NRRL B-2535; NRRL ISP-5500; RIA 1375; RIA 690; VKM Ac-837

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16S rRNA gene: AB184388 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Umezawa H, Ueda M, Maeda K, Yagashita K, Kondo S, Okami Y, Utahara R, Osato Y, Nitta K, Takeuchi T. Production and isolation of a new antibiotic, kanamycin. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series A 1957; 10:181-188.

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 authority of the taxon name (Okami and Umezawa) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Umezawa et al.).
- 😷 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 49 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: Umezawa H, Ueda M, Maeda K, Yagashita K, Kondo S, Okami Y, Utahara R, Osato Y, Nitta K, Takeuchi T. Production and isolation of a new antibiotic, kanamycin. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series A 1957; 10:181-188.

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Record number: 781775

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Species Streptomyces kanamyceticus

Species ***Streptomyces* *kanamyceticus***