Species Streptomyces lusitanus

Name: Streptomyces lusitanus Villax 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.si.ta’nus. L. masc. adj. lusitanus, of or belonging to Lusitania, the Roman name of Portugal

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes lu-si-TA-nus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15842; ATCC 27444; BCRC 11552; CBS 765.72; CCRC 11552; DSM 40568; IFO 13464; JCM 4785; KCTC 19072; NBRC 13464; NCIB 9585; NCIMB 9585; NRRL B-12501; NRRL B-5637; NRRL ISP-5568; RIA 1425; VKM Ac-1194

16S rRNA gene: AB184424 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Villax I. Streptomyces lusitanus and the problem of classification of the various tetracycline-producing streptomyces. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1963; 1962:661-668.

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

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

Assigned by: Villax I. Streptomyces lusitanus and the problem of classification of the various tetracycline-producing streptomyces. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1963; 1962:661-668.

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Record number: 781826

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