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Species Streptomyces sparsus

Name: Streptomyces sparsus Jiang et al. 2011

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: spar’sus. L. masc. part. adj. sparsus, scattered, sparse; from L. v. spargo, referring to a streptomycete with sparse aerial mycelium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes SPAR-sus, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 204019; DSM 41858; JCM 19151; YIM 90018

16S rRNA gene: AJ849545 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Jiang Y, Cao YR, Wiese J, Tang SK, Xu LH, Imhoff JF, Jiang CL. Streptomyces sparsus sp. nov., isolated from a saline and alkaline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1601-1605. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2331-2332.

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 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Jiang Y, Cao YR, Wiese J, Tang SK, Xu LH, Imhoff JF, Jiang CL. Streptomyces sparsus sp. nov., isolated from a saline and alkaline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1601-1605. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 782037