Name:Streptomycesnashvillensis McVeigh and Reyes 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)
Category, proposed as: species, 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
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)
heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Notes:
⏲ According to Ates et al. (2023), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomycestanashiensis 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.
❗ Streptomycesnashvillensis 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 2026-08-13. 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 11 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
🙅 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.