Species ***Streptomyces* *radiopugnans***

Name: Streptomyces radiopugnans Mao et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.di.o.pu’gnans. L. masc. n. radius, a beam or ray; L. v. radio, pertaining to radiation; L. pres. part. pugnans, fighting or resisting; N.L. masc. part. adj. radiopugnans, radiation-resisting

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes ra-di-o-PU-n͡gnans, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.3519; DSM 41901; JCM 15480; R97

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ912930 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mao J, Tang Q, Zhang Z, Wang W, Wei D, Huang Y, Liu Z, Shi Y, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces radiopugnans sp. nov., a radiation-resistant actinomycete isolated from radiation-polluted soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2578-2582. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Komaki 2026 Komaki H. Taxogenomic investigation of members in the Streptomyces glaucosporus group and reclassification of Streptomyces chitinivorans, Streptomyces pini and Streptomyces atacamensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7194. 🇯🇵

Notes:
- 😷 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 16 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.
- 🧍 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: Mao J, Tang Q, Zhang Z, Wang W, Wei D, Huang Y, Liu Z, Shi Y, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces radiopugnans sp. nov., a radiation-resistant actinomycete isolated from radiation-polluted soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2578-2582. 🇨🇳

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Species ***Streptomyces* *radiopugnans***