Species ***Streptomyces* *purpurascens***

Name: Streptomyces purpurascens Lindenbein 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pur.pu.ras’cens. L. masc. part. adj. purpurascens, making purple-colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pur-pu-RAS-kens, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25489; BCRC 11872; CBS 917.69; CCRC 11872; DSM 40310; IFO 13077; JCM 4509; NBRC 13077; NRRL B-12230; NRRL ISP-5310; PCM 2299; RIA 1269; VKM Ac-755

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB045888 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lindenbein W. Über einige chemisch interessante Aktinomycetenstämme und ihre Klassifizierung. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1952; 17:361-383.

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

Notes:
- 😷 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 24 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: Lindenbein W. Über einige chemisch interessante Aktinomycetenstämme und ihre Klassifizierung. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1952; 17:361-383.

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Record number: 781960

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Species Streptomyces purpurascens

Species ***Streptomyces* *purpurascens***