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Species Streptomyces roseoviolaceus

Name: Streptomyces roseoviolaceus (Sveshnikova 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces roseoviolaceus" Sveshnikova 1957

Etymology: ro’se.us L. masc. adj. roseus, rosy; L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet colored; N.L. masc. adj. roseoviolaceus, rosy, violet colored, referring to color of aerial mycelium, vegetative mycelium, and diffusible pigment

Gender: masculine

Type strains: 1020/54; ATCC 25493; CBS 953.69; DSM 40277; IFO 13081; JCM 4513; KCC S-0513; NBRC 13081; NRRL B-12177; NRRL-ISP 5277; RIA 1273

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16S rRNA gene: AJ399484 Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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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