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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces qaidamensis

Name: Streptomyces qaidamensis Zhang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: qai.da.men’sis. N.L. masc. adj. qaidamensis, pertaining to Qaidam, China, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … qai-da-MEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.7315; JCM 31184; S10

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16S rRNA gene: KT428693 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhang B, Tang S, Chen X, Zhang G, Zhang W, Chen T, Liu G, Li S, Dos Santos LT, Castro HC, et al. Streptomyces qaidamensis sp. nov., isolated from sand in the Qaidam Basin, China. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2018; 71:880-886. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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

Assigned by: Zhang B, Tang S, Chen X, Zhang G, Zhang W, Chen T, Liu G, Li S, Dos Santos LT, Castro HC, et al. Streptomyces qaidamensis sp. nov., isolated from sand in the Qaidam Basin, China. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2018; 71:880-886. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 67909
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