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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces nymphaeiformis

Name: Streptomyces nymphaeiformis Hix et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nym.phae.i.for’mis. L. fem. n. nymphaea, water lily; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, form; from L. fem. n. forma, shape; N.L. masc. adj. nymphaeiformis, referring to resemblance of colonies on trypticase soy agar to water lily pads

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 112030; NRRL B-65520; SFB5A

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH392705 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hix GR, Khan MS, Miller MT, Napier EC, O'Brien AL, White RP, Baron SF. Characterization of Streptomyces nymphaeiformis sp. nov., and its taxonomic relatedness to other polyhydroxybutyrate-degrading streptomycetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5266.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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

Assigned by: Hix GR, Khan MS, Miller MT, Napier EC, O'Brien AL, White RP, Baron SF. Characterization of Streptomyces nymphaeiformis sp. nov., and its taxonomic relatedness to other polyhydroxybutyrate-degrading streptomycetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5266.

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Record number: 28034
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