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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces showdoensis

Name: Streptomyces showdoensis Nishimura et al. 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: show.do.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. showdoensis, of or belonging to Shodo, an island in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated [probably better: shodonensis]

Pronunciation, gender: s͡how-do-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15105; BCRC 11868; CBS 718.72; CCRC 11868; DSM 40504; IFO 13417; JCM 4830; NBRC 13417; NRRL B-12430; NRRL ISP-5504; RIA 1378; VKM Ac-1219

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184389 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nishimura H, Mayama M, Komatsu Y, Kato H, Shimaoka N, Tanaka Y. Showdomycin, a new antibiotic from a Streptomyces sp. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series A 1964; 17:148-155.

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 under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Nishimura H, Mayama M, Komatsu Y, Kato H, Shimaoka N, Tanaka Y. Showdomycin, a new antibiotic from a Streptomyces sp. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series A 1964; 17:148-155.

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Record number: 782029
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