Species "Streptomyces pelletieri"

Name: "Streptomyces pelletieri" (Laveran 1906) Waksman and Curtis 1948

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Micrococcus pelletieri" Laveran 1906

Etymology: pel.le.tie’ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. pelletieri, of Pelletier, named after T. Pelletier, who first isolated this species

Pronunciation, gender: pel-le-TIE-ri, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 33385; CCUG 38891; CIP 105483; DSM 43383; HUT 6549; IAM 12634; IMET 9693; JCM 3388; KCTC 9110; NBRC 103052; NCTC 4162; NRRL B-3997

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16S rRNA gene: AJ293710 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology Sixth Edition. The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1948.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Actinomadura pelletieri (Laveran 1906) Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Actinomadura pelletieri (Laveran 1906) Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Micrococcus pelletieri" Laveran 1906	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Waksman and Curtis) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Breed et al.).

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

Assigned by: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology Sixth Edition. The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1948.

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Record number: 19737

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Species "Streptomyces pelletieri"