Species ***Streptomyces* *melanosporofaciens***

Name: Streptomyces melanosporofaciens Arcamone et al. 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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. masc. part. adj. melanosporofaciens, black spore producing

Gender: masculine

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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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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 (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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01523 (N = 5).
- 😷 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 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 17 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: 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

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Species Streptomyces melanosporofaciens

Species ***Streptomyces* *melanosporofaciens***