Species Streptomyces speibonae

Name: Streptomyces speibonae Meyers et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spe.i’bo.nae. L. fem. n. spes (gen. spei), hope; L. masc. adj. bonus, good; N.L. gen. fem. n. speibonae, of good hope, to indicate Cape Town, the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the geographical location from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes spe-I-bo-na͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-411; CIP 108060; DSM 41797; JCM 12682; KCTC 9973; NBRC 101001; NRRL B-24240; PK-Blue

16S rRNA gene: AF452714 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Meyers PR, Porter DS, Omorogie C, Pule JM, Kwetane T. Streptomyces speibonae sp. nov., a novel streptomycete with blue substrate mycelium isolated from South African soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:801-805. 🇿🇦

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

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: Meyers PR, Porter DS, Omorogie C, Pule JM, Kwetane T. Streptomyces speibonae sp. nov., a novel streptomycete with blue substrate mycelium isolated from South African soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:801-805. 🇿🇦

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Record number: 782039

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