Species ***Streptomyces* *libani***

Name: Streptomyces libani Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.ba.ni. L. gen. masc. n. libani, of Lebanon, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23732; CBS 753.72; DSM 40555; DSM 41227; IFO 13452; JCM 4322; JCM 4781; KCTC 9113; NBRC 13452; NCAIM B.01474; NCIB 11012; NCIMB 11012; NRRL B-3446; NRRL ISP-5555; RIA 1413; VKM Ac-1905

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16S rRNA gene: AB184414 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Baldacci E, Grein A. Streptomyces avellaneus and Streptomyces libani: two new species characterized by a hazel-nut brown (avellaneus) aerial mycelium. Giornale di Microbiologia 1966; 14:185-198.

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". — 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 7 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Streptomyces libani subsp. libani Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Streptomyces libani subsp. rubropurpureus" Iwami et al. 1986	not validly published	preferred name
Streptomyces libani subsp. rufus Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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

Assigned by: Baldacci E, Grein A. Streptomyces avellaneus and Streptomyces libani: two new species characterized by a hazel-nut brown (avellaneus) aerial mycelium. Giornale di Microbiologia 1966; 14:185-198.

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Record number: 781804

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Species Streptomyces libani

Species ***Streptomyces* *libani***