Species Streptomyces scabies

Name: Streptomyces scabies (ex Thaxter 1891) Lambert and Loria 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes SKA-bi-es, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49173; CIP 105438; DSM 41658; ICMP 12542; JCM 7914; RL-34

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16S rRNA gene: AB026199 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lambert DH, Loria R. Streptomyces scabies sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:387-392. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

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

Correct name: Streptomyces scabiei corrig. (ex Thaxter 1891) Lambert and Loria 1989

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces scabiei corrig. (ex Thaxter 1891) Lambert and Loria 1989	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
"Streptomyces scabies" (Thaxter 1891) Waksman and Henrici 1948	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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 196 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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.
- 🧍 This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Lambert DH, Loria R, Labeda DP, Saddler GS. Recommendation for the conservation of the name Streptomyces scabies. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2447-2448. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:909. 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: Lambert DH, Loria R. Streptomyces scabies sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:387-392. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 785016

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