Species ***Streptomyces* *prasinus***

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pra’si.nus. L. masc. adj. prasinus, green

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes PRA-si-nus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 1980; ATCC 19800; BCRC 13681; CBS 552.68; CCRC 13681; DSM 40099; ETH 13815; IFO 12810; ISP 5099; JCM 4192; JCM 4603; NBRC 12810; NRRL B-2712; NRRL ISP-5099; RIA 1079; UNIQEM 186; VKM Ac-1725

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB184846 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 bambergiensis Wallhäusser et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Labeda et al. 2016 Labeda DP, Rong X, Huang Y, Doroghazi JR, Ju KS, Metcalf WW. Taxonomic evaluation of species in the Streptomyces hirsutus clade using multi-locus sequence analysis and proposals to reclassify several species in this clade. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2444-2450. 🇺🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3765-3767.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Labeda et al. (2016), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces bambergiensis Wallhäusser et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Labeda DP, Rong X, Huang Y, Doroghazi JR, Ju KS, Metcalf WW. Taxonomic evaluation of species in the Streptomyces hirsutus clade using multi-locus sequence analysis and proposals to reclassify several species in this clade. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2444-2450. 🇺🇸
- 😷 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 8 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: 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 prasinus

Species ***Streptomyces* *prasinus***