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

Gender: masculine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

Notes:
- 😷 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.

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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Record number: 781840

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Species Streptomyces malaysiensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *malaysiensis***