Species ***Streptomyces* *odontomachi***

Name: Streptomyces odontomachi Tunvongvinis et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.don.to.ma’chi. N.L. gen. masc. n. odontomachi, of Odontomachus, referring to the ant Odontomachus simillimus Smith, 1858 from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: NBRC 115862; ODS25; TBRC 16204

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Effective publication: Tunvongvinis T, Jaitrong W, Suriyachadkun C, Sripreechasak P, Tanasupawat S, Phongsopitanun W. Streptomyces odontomachi sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium with antimicrobial potential isolated from ants (Odontomachus simillimus Smith, 1858). J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2024; 77:727-736. 🇹🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00213 (N = 7).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-10-21.
- 🙆 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: Tunvongvinis T, Jaitrong W, Suriyachadkun C, Sripreechasak P, Tanasupawat S, Phongsopitanun W. Streptomyces odontomachi sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium with antimicrobial potential isolated from ants (Odontomachus simillimus Smith, 1858). J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2024; 77:727-736. 🇹🇭

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Record number: 67936

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Species Streptomyces odontomachi

Species ***Streptomyces* *odontomachi***