Species ***Streptomyces* *lonarensis***

Name: Streptomyces lonarensis Sharma et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lo.na.ren’sis. N.L. masc. adj. lonarensis, of or pertaining to Lonar lake in Buldhana district in Maharashtra State in India, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: lo-na-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 42084; KCTC 39684; MTCC 11708; NCL 716

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ919811 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sharma TK, Mawlankar R, Sonalkar VV, Shinde VK, Zhan J, Li WJ, Rele MV, Dastager SG, Kumar LS. Streptomyces lonarensis sp. nov., isolated from Lonar Lake, a meteorite salt water lake in India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:225-235. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 169. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1913-1915.

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 4 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: Sharma TK, Mawlankar R, Sonalkar VV, Shinde VK, Zhan J, Li WJ, Rele MV, Dastager SG, Kumar LS. Streptomyces lonarensis sp. nov., isolated from Lonar Lake, a meteorite salt water lake in India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:225-235. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 794085

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Species Streptomyces lonarensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *lonarensis***