Name:Streptomycesnojiriensis Ishida et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology:no.ji.ri.en’sis.N.L. masc. adj.nojiriensis, of or belonging to Nojiri, named for Lake Nojiri at Nagano, Japan, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated
Effective publication:
Ishida N, Kumagai K, Niida T, Hamamoto K, Shomura T. Nojirimycin, a new antibiotic. I. Taxonomy and fermentation. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series A 1967; 20:62-65.
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
Emendations:
Bielańska et al. 2025
Bielanska P, Golinska P, Romines E, Rabalski L, Wegrzyn G. Polyphasic taxonomic description of Streptomyces tritrimontium sp. nov., actinomycetes isolated from moonmilk in Szczelina Chocholowska cave of Tatra Mountains in Poland and emended descriptions of Streptomyces manipurensis Nimaichand et al. 2021 and Streptomyces nojiriensis Ishida et al. 1967. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126627. 🇵🇱
Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 43. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6976.
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 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
🙆 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.
Assigned by:
Ishida N, Kumagai K, Niida T, Hamamoto K, Shomura T. Nojirimycin, a new antibiotic. I. Taxonomy and fermentation. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series A 1967; 20:62-65.
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