Species ***Streptomyces* *phaeofaciens***

Name: Streptomyces phaeofaciens Maeda et al. 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phae.o.fa.ci.ens. Gr. masc. adj. phaios, brown; L. pres. part. faciens, producing; N.L. masc. part. adj. phaeofaciens, producing brown, referring to production of brown diffusible pigment

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15034; CBS 426.64; CBS 673.72; DSM 40367; IFM 1177; IFO 13372; JCM 4125; JCM 4814; NBRC 13372; NRRL B-1516; NRRL ISP-5367; RIA 1333; VKM Ac-1865

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16S rRNA gene: AB184360 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Maeda K, Okami Y, Taya O, Umezawa H. Studies on antifungal substances, phaefacin and moldin, produced by Streptomyces sp. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1952; 5:327-339.

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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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.

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

Assigned by: Maeda K, Okami Y, Taya O, Umezawa H. Studies on antifungal substances, phaefacin and moldin, produced by Streptomyces sp. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1952; 5:327-339.

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Record number: 781930

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Species Streptomyces phaeofaciens

Species ***Streptomyces* *phaeofaciens***