Species Streptomyces ruanii

Name: Streptomyces ruanii Kumar and Goodfellow 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rua’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ruanii, of Ruan, named in honour of Jisheng Ruan, a celebrated Chinese systematist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23941; CBS 925.68; CGMCC 4.1410; DSM 40276; IFO 12894; INA 1800/54; ISP 5276; JCM 4401; JCM 4410; LMG 19332; NBRC 12894; NCIB 9856; NCIMB 9856; NRRL B-12176; NRRL ISP-5276; RIA 1194; VKM Ac-1705

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16S rRNA gene: AB184225 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, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces nigrescens (Sveshnikova 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces nigrescens (Sveshnikova 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces nigrescens" Sveshnikova 1957	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Streptomyces violaceusniger corrig. (Waksman and Curtis 1916) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). 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. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙅 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.
- 🧍 Illegitimate according to Tindall (2008). Publication: Tindall BJ. On the status of the species name Streptomyces ruanii Kumar and Goodfellow 2008. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1068-1070.
- 🧍 The type strain of Streptomyces ruanii Kumar and Goodfellow 2008, the strain DSM 40276 = ISP 5276, is also the type strain of Streptomyces nigrescens (Sveshnikova 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Consequently, Streptomyces ruanii Kumar and Goodfellow 2008 is a later homotypic synonym of Streptomyces nigrescens (Sveshnikova 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tindall BJ. On the status of the species name Streptomyces ruanii Kumar and Goodfellow 2008. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1068-1070.

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 ruanii