Species ***Streptomyces* *siamensis***

Name: Streptomyces siamensis Sripreechasak et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si.a.men’sis. N.L. masc. adj. siamensis, belonging to Siam, the old name for Thailand, where the first strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: si-a-MEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: JCM 18409; KC-038; NBRC 108799; PCU 328; TISTR 2107; TRISTR 2107

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB773848 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sripreechasak P, Matsumoto A, Suwanborirux K, Inahashi Y, Shiomi K, Tanasupawat S, Takahashi Y. Streptomyces siamensis sp. nov., and Streptomyces similanensis sp. nov., isolated from Thai soils. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2013; 66:633-640.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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 6 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.
- 🧍 In the species description of the effective publication, Streptomyces siamensis is incompletely given as S. siamensis. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

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

Assigned by: Sripreechasak P, Matsumoto A, Suwanborirux K, Inahashi Y, Shiomi K, Tanasupawat S, Takahashi Y. Streptomyces siamensis sp. nov., and Streptomyces similanensis sp. nov., isolated from Thai soils. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2013; 66:633-640.

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Record number: 793900

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Species Streptomyces siamensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *siamensis***