Species ***Streptomyces* *ruber***

Name: Streptomyces ruber (Thirumalachar 1955) Goodfellow et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Chainia rubra Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ru’ber. L. masc. adj. ruber, red

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes RU-ber, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 17754; BCRC 12358; CBS 228.65; CCRC 12358; CMI 112789; DSM 40304; IFO 14600; ISP 5304; JCM 3131; KCC 3131; KCC A-131; NBRC 14600; NCIB 10983; NCIMB 10983; NRRL B-5315; NRRL ISP-5304

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16S rRNA gene: AB184604 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST, Alderson G. Transfer of Chainia species to the genus Streptomyces with emended description of species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:55-60. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Chainia rubra Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Streptomyces ruber" (Krainsky 1914) Waksman and Henrici 1948.
- 😷 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 5 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 KCC number of the type strain of Streptomyces ruber (Thirumalachar 1955) Goodfellow et al. 1986 is incorrectly cited by the authors that proposed this new combination as KCC 3131 (sic). Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938. 🇫🇷

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

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Williams ST, Alderson G. Transfer of Chainia species to the genus Streptomyces with emended description of species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:55-60. 🇬🇧

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Species Streptomyces ruber

Species ***Streptomyces* *ruber***