Species Streptomyces spheroides

Name: Streptomyces spheroides Wallick et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sphe.ro.i’des. Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a ball, a sphere; Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, similar; N.L. masc. adj. spheroides, similar to a ball referring to the characteristic compact coils of spores, resembling spheres [probably better: sphaeroides]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes sp^he-ro-I-des, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23965; BCRC 11559; CBS 491.62; CBS 948.68; CCRC 11559; DSM 40292; IFO 12917; JCM 4252; JCM 4670; LMG 19392; NBRC 12917; NCIB 11891; NCIMB 11891; NRRL 2449; NRRL ISP-5292; RIA 1200; RIA 700

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16S rRNA gene: EF178698 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wallick H, Harris DA, Reagan MA, Ruger M, Woodruff HB. Discovery and antimicrobial properties of cathomycin, a new antibiotic produced by Streptomyces spheroides, n. sp. Antibiotics Annual 1956; 1955-56:909-917.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces niveus Smith et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces niveus Smith et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces laceyi Manfio et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Tamura et al. (2008), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces niveus Smith et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tamura T, Ishida Y, Otoguro M, Hatano K, Labeda D, Price NP, Suzuki K. Reclassification of Streptomyces caeruleus as a synonym of Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus and reclassification of Streptomyces spheroides and Streptomyces laceyi as later synonyms of Streptomyces niveus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2812-2814. 🇯🇵
- ❗ Streptomyces spheroides is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptomyces.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 37 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Wallick H, Harris DA, Reagan MA, Ruger M, Woodruff HB. Discovery and antimicrobial properties of cathomycin, a new antibiotic produced by Streptomyces spheroides, n. sp. Antibiotics Annual 1956; 1955-56:909-917.

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Species Streptomyces spheroides