Species ***Streptomyces* *phaeochromogenes***

Name: Streptomyces phaeochromogenes corrig. (Conn 1917) Waksman 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces pheochromogenus" Conn 1917

Etymology: phae.o.chro.mo.ge.nes. Gr. masc. adj. phaios, brown; Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. phaeochromogenes, producing brown color

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23945; ATCC 3338; BCRC 12484; CBS 282.30; CBS 288.60; CBS 929.68; CCRC 12484; CECT 3070; DSM 40073; IFM 1051; IFO 12898; IFO 3180; IMET 40355; JCM 4070; JCM 4659; KCTC 9763; LMG 19348; NBRC 12898; NBRC 3180; NCIB 8505; NCIMB 8505; NRRL B-1248; NRRL B-3010; NRRL ISP-5073; RIA 1119; RIA 61; VKM Ac-1002

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU594472 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA. Family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan and family Steptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 744-825.

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 ederensis Wallhäusser et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces pheochromogenus" Conn 1917	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Ritacco and Eveleigh (2008), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces ederensis Wallhäusser et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ritacco FV, Eveleigh DE. Molecular and phenotypic comparison of phaeochromycin-producing strains of Streptomyces phaeochromogenes and Streptomyces ederensis. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 35:931-945.
- 😷 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 35 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.
- 🧍 According to Labeda 2011, Streptomyces phaeochromogenes (Conn 1917) Waksman 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) is not an earlier synonym of Streptomyces ederensis Wallhäusser et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Labeda DP. Multilocus sequence analysis of phytopathogenic species of the genus Streptomyces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2525-2531.

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

Assigned by: Waksman SA. Family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan and family Steptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 744-825.

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Species Streptomyces phaeochromogenes

Species ***Streptomyces* *phaeochromogenes***