Species ***Streptomyces* *prunicolor***

Name: Streptomyces prunicolor (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces prunicolor" Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957

Etymology: pru.ni’co.lor. L. neut. n. prunum, plum; L. masc. n. color, color; N.L. masc. n. prunicolor, plum colored, referring to the color of the vegetative mycelium of the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes pru-NI-ko-lor, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25487; CBS 915.69; CGMCC 4.1413; DSM 40335; IFO 13075; IMET 43129; INA 8805/64; JCM 4508; LMG 19311; NBRC 13075; NCIB 9978; NCIMB 9978; NRRL B-12281; NRRL ISP-5335; PCM 2370; RIA 1267; VKM Ac-992

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184294 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pridham TG, Hesseltine CW, Benedict RG. A guide for the classification of streptomycetes according to selected groups; placement of strains in morphological sections. Appl Microbiol 1958; 6:52-79.

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
"Actinomyces prunicolor" Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Emendations:
- 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:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00367 (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 7 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: Pridham TG, Hesseltine CW, Benedict RG. A guide for the classification of streptomycetes according to selected groups; placement of strains in morphological sections. Appl Microbiol 1958; 6:52-79.

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Species Streptomyces prunicolor

Species ***Streptomyces* *prunicolor***