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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces smaragdinus

Name: Streptomyces smaragdinus Schwitalla et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sma.rag.di’nus. L. masc. adj. smaragdinus, smaragd-green-coloured, referring to the smaragd-green-coloured substrate mycelium on ISP2 and ISP6 media

Gender: masculine

Type strain: NRRL B-65539; RB 5; VKM Ac-2839

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY558696 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schwitalla JW, Benndorf R, Martin K, Vollmers J, Kaster AK, de Beer ZW, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C. Streptomyces smaragdinus sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus growing-termite Macrotermes natalensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5806-5811.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Schwitalla JW, Benndorf R, Martin K, Vollmers J, Kaster AK, de Beer ZW, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C. Streptomyces smaragdinus sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus growing-termite Macrotermes natalensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5806-5811.

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Record number: 13688
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