Species ***Streptomyces* *luozhongensis***

Name: Streptomyces luozhongensis Zhang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: luo.zhong.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. luozhongensis, Pertaining to Luozhong, northwest China, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: luo-z͡hon͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 2015026; KCTC 39666; TRM 49605

16S rRNA gene: KX129765 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhang R, Han X, Xia Z, Luo X, Wan C, Zhang L. Streptomyces luozhongensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete with antifungal activity and antibacterial activity. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:195-203. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
- 🙆 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: Zhang R, Han X, Xia Z, Luo X, Wan C, Zhang L. Streptomyces luozhongensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete with antifungal activity and antibacterial activity. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:195-203. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 69445

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Species Streptomyces luozhongensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *luozhongensis***