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Species Streptomyces polyantibioticus

Name: Streptomyces polyantibioticus Le Roes-Hill and Meyers 2009

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ly.an.ti.bi.o’ti.cus. Gr. adv. poly, many; Gr. prep. anti, against, in opposition to; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to, related to; N.L. masc. adj. polyantibioticus, related to many antibiotics, referring to the ability to produce numerous antibiotics

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes po-ly-an-ti-bi-O-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 44925; NRRL B-24448; SPR

16S rRNA gene: DQ141528 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: le Roes-Hill M, Meyers PR. Streptomyces polyantibioticus sp. nov., isolated from the banks of a river. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1302-1309. 🇿🇦

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: le Roes-Hill M, Meyers PR. Streptomyces polyantibioticus sp. nov., isolated from the banks of a river. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1302-1309. 🇿🇦

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Record number: 781941