Species Streptomyces rangoonensis

Name: Streptomyces rangoonensis corrig. (Erikson 1935) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces rangoon" Erikson 1935

Etymology: ran.goo.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. rangoonensis, of or belonging to Rangoon, Burma

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ran-goo-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25490; ATCC 6860; CBS 918.69; DSM 40452; HUT 6616; IFO 13078; IMET 41357; JCM 4510; NBRC 13078; NCTC 1678; NRRL B-12378; NRRL B-16595; NRRL ISP-5452; RIA 1270; VKM Ac-1899

16S rRNA gene: AB184295 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pridham TG, Hesseltine CW, Benedict RG. A guide for the classification of streptomycetes according to selected groups; placement of strains in morphological sections. Appl Microbiol 1958; 6:52-79.

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: Streptomyces albus (Rossi Doria 1891) Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Streptotrix alba" Rossi Doria 1891	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces almquistii (Duché 1934) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces rangoon" Erikson 1935	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces gibsonii (Erikson 1935) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces flocculus" Duché 1934	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces gibsonii" Erikson 1935	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces almquisti" Duché 1934	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces albus (Rossi Doria 1891) Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces rangoon (Erikson 1935) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
Streptomyces flocculus (Duché 1934) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Labeda et al. (2014), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Streptotrix alba" Rossi Doria 1891. Publication: Labeda DP, Doroghazi JR, Ju KS, Metcalf WW. Taxonomic evaluation of Streptomyces albus and related species using multilocus sequence analysis and proposals to emend the description of Streptomyces albus and describe Streptomyces pathocidini sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:894-900. 🇺🇸
- ⏲ According to Labeda et al. (2014), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces albus (Rossi Doria 1891) Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Labeda DP, Doroghazi JR, Ju KS, Metcalf WW. Taxonomic evaluation of Streptomyces albus and related species using multilocus sequence analysis and proposals to emend the description of Streptomyces albus and describe Streptomyces pathocidini sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:894-900. 🇺🇸
- ❗ Streptomyces rangoonensis 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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.
- 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:909; Streptomyces rangoon (sic). Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 In Kilian's opinion [1] the change of the well-established name Streptomyces rangoon may be a source of confusion. So, with reference to the first Principle of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), Kilian requested that the original name Streptomyces rangoon be conserved [2]. The Judicial Commission denied this request, and no Opinion will be issued upon this request [3]. Publication: Kilian M. Necessary changes of bacterial names? ASM News 1998; 64:670.
- 🧍 See also: Publication: De Vos P, Trüper HG, Tindall BJ. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Xth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 28, 29 and 31 July and 1 August 2002, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2005; 55:525-532. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Kilian M. Recommended conservation of the names Streptococcus sanguis, Streptococcus rattus, Streptococcus cricetus, and seven other names included in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:723-724. 🇩🇰
- 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, rangoon (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1997. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Pridham TG, Hesseltine CW, Benedict RG. A guide for the classification of streptomycetes according to selected groups; placement of strains in morphological sections. Appl Microbiol 1958; 6:52-79.

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Species Streptomyces rangoonensis