Species ***Streptomyces* *seoulensis***

Name: Streptomyces seoulensis Chun et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.ou.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. seoulensis, indicating Seoul, Republic of Korea, the geographical origin of the species

Pronunciation, gender: se-ou-LEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CIP 105312; DSM 41840; IFO 16255; IFO 16668; IMSNU-1 deposited in the Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, under accession number IMSNU 21266; JCM 10116; NBRC 16255; NBRC 16668

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16S rRNA gene: AB249970 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chun J, Youn HD, Yim YI, Lee H, Kim MY, Hah YC, Kang SO. Streptomyces seoulensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:492-498.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 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 18 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.

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

Assigned by: Chun J, Youn HD, Yim YI, Lee H, Kim MY, Hah YC, Kang SO. Streptomyces seoulensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:492-498.

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Species Streptomyces seoulensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *seoulensis***