Species ***Streptomyces* *racemochromogenes***

Name: Streptomyces racemochromogenes Sugai 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.ce.mo.chro.mo.ge.nes. L. masc. n. racemus, a raceme or cluster of berries; N.L. pres. part. chromogenes, producing color; N.L. masc. part. adj. racemochromogenes, raceme, producing color (probably referring to morphology of spore chains and to chromogenicity)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23954; BCRC 12318; CBS 937.68; CCRC 12318; DSM 40194; IFO 12906; JCM 4407; NBRC 12906; NRRL B-5430; NRRL ISP-5194; RIA 1147; VKM Ac-1206

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16S rRNA gene: AB184235 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sugai T. New antibiotics 229 and 229B of colorless, water-soluble and basic nature. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series B 1956; 9:170-179.

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

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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Sugai T. New antibiotics 229 and 229B of colorless, water-soluble and basic nature. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series B 1956; 9:170-179.

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Record number: 781966

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Species Streptomyces racemochromogenes

Species ***Streptomyces* *racemochromogenes***