Species ***Streptomyces* *malaysiensis***

Name: Streptomyces malaysiensis Al-Tai et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.lay.si.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. malaysiensis, belonging/pertaining to Malaysia, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ma-lay-si-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATB-11; ATB-ll; ATCC BAA-13; DSM 41697; IFO 16446; JCM 10672; KCTC 9934; NBRC 16446

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16S rRNA gene: AF117304 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: al-Tai A, Kim B, Kim SB, Manfio GP, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces malaysiensis sp. nov., a new streptomycete species with rugose, ornamented spores. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1395-1402. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces solisilvae Zhou et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Komaki 2025 Komaki H. Streptomyces malaysiensis subsp. samsunensis comb. nov. and reclassification of Streptomyces solisilvae Zhou et al. 2017 as a heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces malaysiensis Al-Tai et al. 1999. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6852. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6926.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Komaki (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces solisilvae Zhou et al. 2017. Publication: Komaki H. Streptomyces malaysiensis subsp. samsunensis comb. nov. and reclassification of Streptomyces solisilvae Zhou et al. 2017 as a heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces malaysiensis Al-Tai et al. 1999. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6852. 🇯🇵
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 28 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Streptomyces malaysiensis subsp. malaysiensis (Al-Tai et al. 1999) Komaki 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Streptomyces malaysiensis subsp. samsunensis (Sazak et al. 2011) Komaki 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: al-Tai A, Kim B, Kim SB, Manfio GP, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces malaysiensis sp. nov., a new streptomycete species with rugose, ornamented spores. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1395-1402. 🇬🇧

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Species Streptomyces malaysiensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *malaysiensis***