Species ***Streptomyces* *peucetius***

Name: Streptomyces peucetius Grein et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: peu.ce.ti.us. N.L. masc. adj. peucetius, of or pertaining to Peucetia, an ancient name for Central Puglia in Italy, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29050; CCT 4840; CGMCC 4.1799; CMI 101335; DSM 40754; DSM 41191; IMI 101335; JCM 9920; KCTC 9199; NBRC 100596; NCIB 10972; NCIMB 10972

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16S rRNA gene: AB045887 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Grein A, Spalla C, Di Marco A, Canevazzi G. Descrizione e classificazione di un attinomicete (Streptomyces peucetius sp. nova) produttore di una sostanza attivita antitumorale: La daunomicina. Giornale de Microbiologia 1963; 11:109-118.

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

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 198 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius" Arcamone et al. 1969	not validly published	preferred name

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

Assigned by: Grein A, Spalla C, Di Marco A, Canevazzi G. Descrizione e classificazione di un attinomicete (Streptomyces peucetius sp. nova) produttore di una sostanza attivita antitumorale: La daunomicina. Giornale de Microbiologia 1963; 11:109-118.

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Record number: 781928

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Species Streptomyces peucetius

Species ***Streptomyces* *peucetius***