Species ***Streptomyces* *rapamycinicus***

Name: Streptomyces rapamycinicus Kumar and Goodfellow 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.pa.my.ci’ni.cus. N.L. neut. n. rapamycinum, rapamycin; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, related to; N.L. masc. adj. rapamycinicus, related to rapamycin, referring to the ability to produce rapamycin

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29253; DSM 41530; NRRL 5491

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF408733 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kumar Y, Goodfellow M. Five new members of the Streptomyces violaceusniger 16S rRNA gene clade: Streptomyces castelarensis sp. nov., comb. nov., Streptomyces himastatinicus sp. nov., Streptomyces mordarskii sp. nov., Streptomyces rapamycinicus sp. nov. and Streptomyces ruanii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1369-1378.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1995-1996.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06549 (N = 3).
- 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: Kumar Y, Goodfellow M. Five new members of the Streptomyces violaceusniger 16S rRNA gene clade: Streptomyces castelarensis sp. nov., comb. nov., Streptomyces himastatinicus sp. nov., Streptomyces mordarskii sp. nov., Streptomyces rapamycinicus sp. nov. and Streptomyces ruanii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1369-1378.

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Species Streptomyces rapamycinicus

Species ***Streptomyces* *rapamycinicus***