Species ***Streptomyces* *niveoruber***

Name: Streptomyces niveoruber Ettlinger et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.ve.o.ru.ber. L. masc. adj. niveus, snow-white; L. masc. adj. ruber, red; N.L. masc. adj. niveoruber, snow-white-red (referring to the white color of the aerial mycelium and red color of the vegetative mycelium)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14971; DSM 40638; IFO 15428; IMET 43354; JCM 4234; NBRC 15428; NRRL B-2724

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184675 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ettlinger L, Corbaz R, Hütter R. Zur Systematik der Actinomyceten. 4. Eine arteinteilung der gattung Streptomyces Waksman et Henrici. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1958; 31:326-358.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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: Ettlinger L, Corbaz R, Hütter R. Zur Systematik der Actinomyceten. 4. Eine arteinteilung der gattung Streptomyces Waksman et Henrici. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1958; 31:326-358.

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Record number: 781882

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Species Streptomyces niveoruber

Species ***Streptomyces* *niveoruber***