Species ***Streptomyces* *niger***

Name: Streptomyces niger (Thirumalachar 1955) Goodfellow et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Chainia nigra Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ni’ger. L. masc. adj. niger, black, referring to the production of a black soluble pigment

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 17756; BCRC 11877; CBS 230.65; CBS 663.72; CCRC 11877; CMI 112787; DSM 40302; DSM 43049; IFO 13362; IFO 13902; ISP 5302; JCM 3158; KCC 3158; KCC A-158; NBRC 13362; NBRC 13902; NCIB 10992; NCIMB 10992; NRRL B-3857; NRRL ISP-5302; PCM 2305; RIA 1323; VKM Ac-1736

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16S rRNA gene: AJ621607 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST, Alderson G. Transfer of Chainia species to the genus Streptomyces with emended description of species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:55-60.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Chainia nigra Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Streptomyces niger" (Rossi-Doria 1891) Waksman 1953.
- 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 The KCC number of the type strain of Streptomyces niger (Thirumalachar 1955) Goodfellow et al. 1986 is incorrectly cited by the authors that proposed this new combination as KCC 3158 (sic). Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

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

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Williams ST, Alderson G. Transfer of Chainia species to the genus Streptomyces with emended description of species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:55-60.

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Species Streptomyces niger

Species ***Streptomyces* *niger***