Species Streptomyces purpeofuscus

Name: Streptomyces purpeofuscus Yamaguchi and Saburi 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pur.pe.o.fus’cus. L. masc. adj. purpureus, purple; L. masc. adj. fuscus, dark, tawny; N.L. masc. adj. purpeofuscus, dark purple, referring to color of vegetative mycelium

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23952; BCRC 12093; CBS 935.68; CCRC 12093; CGMCC 4.1767; CGMCC 4.1999; DSM 40283; IFO 12905; ISP 5283; JCM 4156; JCM 4665; KCTC 19967; LMG 20283; NBRC 12905; NCIB 9822; NCIMB 9822; NRRL B-1817; NRRL ISP-5283; RIA 1197; VKM Ac-1825; Yamaguchi H-5080

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16S rRNA gene: AJ781364 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yamaguchi T, Saburi Y. Studies on the anti-trichomonal actinomycetes and their classification. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 1955; 1:201-235.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Kitasatospora purpeofusca (Yamaguchi and Saburi 1955) Labeda et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Kitasatospora purpeofusca (Yamaguchi and Saburi 1955) Labeda et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Streptomyces purpeofuscus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptomyces.
- 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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.

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

Assigned by: Yamaguchi T, Saburi Y. Studies on the anti-trichomonal actinomycetes and their classification. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 1955; 1:201-235.

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Species Streptomyces purpeofuscus