Species ***Streptomyces* *lunaelactis***

Name: Streptomyces lunaelactis Maciejewska et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.nae.lac’tis. L. gen. fem. n. lunae, of the moon; L. neut. n. lac (gen. lactis), milk; N.L. gen. fem. n. lunaelactis, from moonmilk, referring to the speleothem from which the organism was first isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 42149; LMG 28326; MM109

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM207217 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Maciejewska M, Pessi IS, Arguelles-Arias A, Noirfalise P, Luis G, Ongena M, Barton H, Carnol M, Rigali S. Streptomyces lunaelactis sp. nov., a novel ferroverdin A-producing Streptomyces species isolated from a moonmilk speleothem. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:519-531.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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: Maciejewska M, Pessi IS, Arguelles-Arias A, Noirfalise P, Luis G, Ongena M, Barton H, Carnol M, Rigali S. Streptomyces lunaelactis sp. nov., a novel ferroverdin A-producing Streptomyces species isolated from a moonmilk speleothem. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:519-531.

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Record number: 792388

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Species Streptomyces lunaelactis

Species ***Streptomyces* *lunaelactis***