Species Streptomyces morookaense

Name: Streptomyces morookaense (Locci and Schofield 1989 ex Niida et al. 1963) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptoverticillium morookaense (ex Niida et al. 1963) Locci and Schofield 1989

Etymology: mo.roo.ka.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. morookaense, of or belonging to Moro-oka (possibly the isolation place) (sic) [probably better: morookense]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19166; DSM 40503; IFO 13416; NBRC 13416

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184878 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Witt D, Stackebrandt E. Unification of the genera Streptoverticillium and Streptomyces, and amendation of Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943, 339AL. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:361-371.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 38. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:456-457.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces morookaensis corrig. (Locci and Schofield 1989 ex Niida et al. 1963) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces morookaensis corrig. (Locci and Schofield 1989 ex Niida et al. 1963) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
Streptoverticillium morookaense (ex Niida et al. 1963) Locci and Schofield 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 Specific epithet should be morookaensis (but has never been formally corrected). — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
- 🧍 In violation of Rule 33c, on the Validation List no. 38, Streptomyces morookaense is proposed as a nomen revictum (basonym: "Streptomyces morookaense" Niida et al. 1963). Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529.

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

Assigned by: Witt D, Stackebrandt E. Unification of the genera Streptoverticillium and Streptomyces, and amendation of Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943, 339AL. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:361-371.

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Species Streptomyces morookaense