Species ***Streptomyces* *pilosus***

Name: Streptomyces pilosus Ettlinger et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pi.lo’sus. L. masc. adj. pilosus, hairy, shaggy

Pronunciation, gender: … pi-LO-sus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19797; BCRC 12091; CBS 549.68; CCRC 12091; DSM 40097; IFO 12807; ISP 5097; JCM 4403; NBRC 12807; NRRL 2721; NRRL ISP-5097; RIA 1076; UNIQEM 183; VKM Ac-1765

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184161 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ettlinger L, Corbaz R, Hütter R. Zur Systematik der Actinomyceten. 4. Eine arteinteilung der gattung Streptomyces Waksman et Henrici. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1958; 31:326-358.

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 flavoviridis (ex Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1957) Preobrazhenskaya 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Komaki 2021 Komaki H. Reclassification of 15 Streptomyces species as synonyms of Streptomyces albogriseolus, Streptomyces althioticus, Streptomyces anthocyanicus, Streptomyces calvus, Streptomyces griseoincarnatus, Streptomyces mutabilis, Streptomyces pilosus or Streptomyces rochei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Komaki (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces flavoviridis (ex Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1957) Preobrazhenskaya 1986. Publication: Komaki H. Reclassification of 15 Streptomyces species as synonyms of Streptomyces albogriseolus, Streptomyces althioticus, Streptomyces anthocyanicus, Streptomyces calvus, Streptomyces griseoincarnatus, Streptomyces mutabilis, Streptomyces pilosus or Streptomyces rochei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. 🇯🇵
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.
- 😷 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 37 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.

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

Assigned by: Ettlinger L, Corbaz R, Hütter R. Zur Systematik der Actinomyceten. 4. Eine arteinteilung der gattung Streptomyces Waksman et Henrici. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1958; 31:326-358.

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Species Streptomyces pilosus

Species ***Streptomyces* *pilosus***