Species ***Streptomyces* *nitrosporeus***

Name: Streptomyces nitrosporeus Okami 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tro.spo.re.us. N.L. masc. n. nitras, nitrate; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed, a spore; N.L. masc. adj. nitrosporeus, nitrate spored, name is based on rapid spore formation accompanied by vigorous reduction of nitrate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12769; ATCC 19792; BCRC 13645; CBS 544.68; CCRC 13645; DSM 40023; HUT 6032; IFO 12803; IFO 3362; JCM 4064; JCM 4598; KCTC 9761; NBRC 12803; NBRC 3362; NCIB 9717; NCIMB 9717; NRRL B-1316; NRRL ISP-5023; RIA 1071; RIA 503; UNIQEM 178; VKM Ac-1191; VKM Ac-1202

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16S rRNA gene: EF178680 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Okami Y. Classification of the antagonistic ray fungi of Japan of the family Streptomycetaceae (in Japanese). Doctoral Dissertation. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 1952.

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

Notes:
- 😷 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 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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: Okami Y. Classification of the antagonistic ray fungi of Japan of the family Streptomycetaceae (in Japanese). Doctoral Dissertation. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 1952.

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Record number: 781881

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Species Streptomyces nitrosporeus

Species ***Streptomyces* *nitrosporeus***