Species ***Streptomyces* *parvulus***

Name: Streptomyces parvulus corrig. Waksman and Gregory 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: par’vu.lus. L. masc. adj. parvulus, very small

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes PAR-wu-lus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12434; ATCC 19796; BCRC 12046; CBS 418.59; CBS 548.68; CCRC 12046; DSM 40048; HUT 6081; ICMP 156; IFO 13193; IMET 41380; JCM 4068; JCM 4601; LMG 19312; NBRC 13193; NCIB 11240; NCIMB 11240; NRRL B-1628; NRRL ISP-5048; RIA 1075; RIA 507; UNIQEM 182; VKM Ac-1063

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16S rRNA gene: AB184326 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA, Gregory FJ. Actinomycin. II. Classification of organism producing different forms of actinomycin. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1954; 4:1050-1056.

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces parvullus Waksman and Gregory 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

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 94 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.
- 🧍 The original spelling, Streptomyces parvullus (sic), has been corrected by Hill et al. 1984. Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511. 🇬🇧

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

Assigned by: Waksman SA, Gregory FJ. Actinomycin. II. Classification of organism producing different forms of actinomycin. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1954; 4:1050-1056.

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Species Streptomyces parvulus

Species ***Streptomyces* *parvulus***