Species Streptomyces phaeopurpureus

Name: Streptomyces phaeopurpureus Shinobu 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phae.o.pur.pu’re.us. Gr. masc. adj. phaios, brown; L. masc. adj. purpureus, purple colored; N.L. masc. adj. phaeopurpureus, brown, purple colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes p^ha͡e-o-pur-PU-re-us, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23946; BCRC 13754; CBS 930.68; CCRC 13754; DSM 40125; HAMBI 950; IFO 12899; IFO 3930; JCM 4101; JCM 4660; KCTC 9764; NBRC 12899; NBRC 3930; NRRL B-2260; NRRL ISP-5125; RIA 1128

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184229 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shinobu R. Two new species of Streptomyces. Memoirs of the Osaka University of the Liberal Arts and Education B Natural Science 1957; 6:63-73.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces griseorubiginosus (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Actinomyces griseorubiginosus" Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces griseorubiginosus (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces phaeoviridis Shinobu 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Lanoot et al. 2004 Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Cnockaert M, Zhang J, Huang Y, Liu Z, Swings J. BOX-pCR fingerprinting as a powerful tool to reveal synonymous names in the genus Streptomyces. Emended descriptions are proposed for the species Streptomyces cinereorectus, S. fradiae, S. tricolor, S. colombiensis, S. filamentosus, S. vinaceus and S. phaeopurpureus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:84-92. 🇧🇪 Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 1. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:7-8.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Kämpfer et al. (2017), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces griseorubiginosus" Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957. Publication: Kampfer P, Ruckert C, Blom J, Goesmann A, Wink J, Kalinowski J, Glaeser SP. Streptomyces phaeopurpureus Shinobu 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) and Streptomyces griseorubiginosus (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980) are heterotypic subjective synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3111-3116. 🇩🇪
- ⏲ According to Kämpfer et al. (2017), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces griseorubiginosus (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kampfer P, Ruckert C, Blom J, Goesmann A, Wink J, Kalinowski J, Glaeser SP. Streptomyces phaeopurpureus Shinobu 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) and Streptomyces griseorubiginosus (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980) are heterotypic subjective synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3111-3116. 🇩🇪
- ⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces griseorubiginosus" Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪
- ⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces griseorubiginosus (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪
- ⏰ According to Lanoot et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces phaeoviridis Shinobu 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Cnockaert M, Zhang J, Huang Y, Liu Z, Swings J. BOX-pCR fingerprinting as a powerful tool to reveal synonymous names in the genus Streptomyces. Emended descriptions are proposed for the species Streptomyces cinereorectus, S. fradiae, S. tricolor, S. colombiensis, S. filamentosus, S. vinaceus and S. phaeopurpureus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:84-92. 🇧🇪
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
- ❗ Streptomyces phaeopurpureus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptomyces.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00215 (N = 4).
- 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Shinobu R. Two new species of Streptomyces. Memoirs of the Osaka University of the Liberal Arts and Education B Natural Science 1957; 6:63-73.

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