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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Streptomyces ossamyceticus"

Name: "Streptomyces ossamyceticus" (Schmitz et al. 1965) Rong and Huang 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. ossamyceticus Schmitz et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: os.sa.my.ce’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. ossamyceticus, related to ossamycin, referring to the ability of the organism to produce ossamycin, an antibiotic named for Mount Ossa of Greek mythology (sic)

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 15420; CGMCC 4.1866; CIP 106834; DSM 40824; IFO 13983; JCM 4965; LMG 19951; NBRC 13983; NRRL B-3822

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16S rRNA gene: AB184560 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Rong X, Huang Y. Taxonomic evaluation of the Streptomyces hygroscopicus clade using multilocus sequence analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization, validating the MLSA scheme for systematics of the whole genus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:7-18.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Streptomyces ossamyceticus (Schmitz et al. 1965) Komaki and Tamura 2021

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

Assigned by: Rong X, Huang Y. Taxonomic evaluation of the Streptomyces hygroscopicus clade using multilocus sequence analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization, validating the MLSA scheme for systematics of the whole genus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:7-18.

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Record number: 801184
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