Species Streptomyces nashvillensis

Name: Streptomyces nashvillensis McVeigh and Reyes 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nash.vil.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. nashvillensis, of or belonging to Nashville, a city in Tennessee, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … nas͡h-wil-LEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25476; BCRC 13625; CBS 886.69; CCRC 13625; DSM 40314; IFO 13064; JCM 4498; NBRC 13064; NRRL B-2606; NRRL ISP-5314; RIA 1256; VKM Ac-1766

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16S rRNA gene: AB184286 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mcveigh I, Reyes CR. A new species of Streptomyces and its antibiotic activity. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1961; 11:312-319.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces tanashiensis Hata et al. 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces tanashiensis Hata et al. 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Ates et al. (2023), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces tanashiensis Hata et al. 1952 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ates H, Saygin H, Cora M, Kilic AO, Ay H. Genome-based classification of Streptomyces anatolicus sp. nov., an actinobacterium with antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities, and reclassification of Streptomyces nashvillensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces tanashiensis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1073-1090. 🇹🇷
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
- ❗ Streptomyces nashvillensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptomyces.
- 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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.

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

Assigned by: Mcveigh I, Reyes CR. A new species of Streptomyces and its antibiotic activity. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1961; 11:312-319.

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Species Streptomyces nashvillensis