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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces stephensoniae

Name: Streptomyces stephensoniae Nouioui et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ste.phen.so’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. stephensoniae, of Stephenson, named in honour of Marjory Stephenson (1885-1948) for her significant contributions to biochemistry and microbiology

Pronunciation, gender: … ste-phen-SO-ni-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 13741; ATCC 13793; CBS 372.58; DSM 40932; ETH 24437; NRRL B-1354

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Boldt J, Zimmermann A, Makitrynskyy R, Potter G, Jando M, Doppner M, Kirstein S, Neumann-Schaal M, Gomez-Escribano JP, et al. Biotechnological and pharmaceutical potential of twenty-eight novel type strains of Actinomycetes from different environments worldwide. Curr Res Microb Sci 2024; 7:100290. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

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: Nouioui I, Boldt J, Zimmermann A, Makitrynskyy R, Potter G, Jando M, Doppner M, Kirstein S, Neumann-Schaal M, Gomez-Escribano JP, et al. Biotechnological and pharmaceutical potential of twenty-eight novel type strains of Actinomycetes from different environments worldwide. Curr Res Microb Sci 2024; 7:100290. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 66901
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