Name: Streptomyces melanosporofaciens Arcamone et al. 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: me.la.nos.po.ro.fa.ci.ens. Gr. masc. adj. melas, black; Gr. fem. n. spora, a spore; L. pres. part. faciens, producing; N.L. part. adj. melanosporofaciens, black spore producing
Type strain: ATCC 25473; BCRC 12064; CBS 883.69; CCRC 12064; DSM 40318; IFO 13061; JCM 4495; NBRC 13061; NCIMB 12978; NRRL B-12234; NRRL ISP-5318; RIA 1253; VKM Ac-1864
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16S rRNA gene: AJ271887 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Arcamone F, Bertazzoli C, Ghione M, Scotti T. Melanosporin and elaiophylin, new antibiotics from Streptomyces melanosporus (sive melanosporofaciens) n. sp. Giornale di Microbiologia 1959; 7:207-216.
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
Parent taxon: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Arcamone F, Bertazzoli C, Ghione M, Scotti T. Melanosporin and elaiophylin, new antibiotics from Streptomyces melanosporus (sive melanosporofaciens) n. sp. Giornale di Microbiologia 1959; 7:207-216.
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Record number: 781852