Species ***Streptomyces* *lydicus***

Name: Streptomyces lydicus De Boer et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ly.di.cus. Gr. fem. n. Lydia, an ancient state in Asia Minor; N.L. masc. adj. lydicus, of or belonging to Lydia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25470; BCRC 11919; CBS 703.69; CCRC 11919; CECT 3163; CGMCC 4.1412; DSM 40461; HAMBI 1063; IFO 13058; IMET 43531; JCM 4492; LMG 19331; NBRC 13058; NCIMB 12977; NRRL 2433; NRRL ISP-5461; RIA 1250; VKM Ac-1869

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16S rRNA gene: AB184281 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: De Boer C, Dietz A, Silver WS, Savage GM. Streptolydigin, a new antimicrobial antibiotic. 1. Biologic studies of streptolydigin. Antibiotics Annual 1956; 1955-1956:886-892.

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

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 69 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: De Boer C, Dietz A, Silver WS, Savage GM. Streptolydigin, a new antimicrobial antibiotic. 1. Biologic studies of streptolydigin. Antibiotics Annual 1956; 1955-1956:886-892.

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Record number: 781833

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Species Streptomyces lydicus

Species ***Streptomyces* *lydicus***