Species "Streptomyces staurosporeus"

Name: "Streptomyces staurosporeus" Ōmura et al. 1977

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: stau.ro.spo.re.us. N.L. masc. adj. sporeus, spored; N.L. masc. adj. staurosporeus, intended to mean referring to a slender spore

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: AM-2282; FERM P-3725; NRRL 11184

16S rRNA gene: AB024287 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Omura S, Iwai Y, Hirano A, Nakagawa A, Awaya J, Tsuchya H, Takahashi Y, Masuma R. A new alkaloid AM-2282 OF Streptomyces origin. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and preliminary characterization. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1977; 30:275-282.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes subsp. staurosporea corrig. (ex Ōmura et al. 1977) Takahashi et al. 1996

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes subsp. staurosporea corrig. (ex Ōmura et al. 1977) Takahashi et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes subsp. staurosporeus (ex Ōmura et al. 1977) Takahashi et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Xie et al. (2002), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Asiosporangium albidum" Runmao et al. 1995 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Xie Q, Wang Y, Huang Y, Wu Y, Ba F, Liu Z. Description of Lentzea flaviverrucosa sp. nov. and transfer of the type strain of Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes subsp. staurosporea to Lentzea albida. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1815-1820. 🇨🇳
- ⏲ According to Xie et al. (2002), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Lentzea albida Labeda et al. 2001 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Xie Q, Wang Y, Huang Y, Wu Y, Ba F, Liu Z. Description of Lentzea flaviverrucosa sp. nov. and transfer of the type strain of Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes subsp. staurosporea to Lentzea albida. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1815-1820. 🇨🇳

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

Assigned by: Omura S, Iwai Y, Hirano A, Nakagawa A, Awaya J, Tsuchya H, Takahashi Y, Masuma R. A new alkaloid AM-2282 OF Streptomyces origin. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and preliminary characterization. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1977; 30:275-282.

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Record number: 11769

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Species "Streptomyces staurosporeus"