Species ***Streptomyces* *polymachus***

Name: Streptomyces polymachus Nguyen and Kim 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ly.ma’chus. N.L. masc. n. polymachus, from Gr. polymachos ‘fighting many’, referring to the production of metabolites against many other organisms

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … po-ly-MA-k^hus, masculine

Type strain: KACC 18247; KEMB 9005-212; NBRC 110905; T258

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16S rRNA gene: KM229363 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nguyen TM, Kim J. Antifungal and antibacterial activities of Streptomyces polymachus sp. nov. isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2385-2390. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.

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 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 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: Nguyen TM, Kim J. Antifungal and antibacterial activities of Streptomyces polymachus sp. nov. isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2385-2390. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 793074

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Species Streptomyces polymachus

Species ***Streptomyces* *polymachus***