Species ***Streptomyces* *sundarbansensis***

Name: Streptomyces sundarbansensis Arumugam et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sun.dar.bans.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. sundarbansensis, pertaining to the Sundarbans (local language, Bangla, meaning the beautiful forest), the world’s largest tidal mangrove forest, Republic of India, the geographical origin of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 42019; JCM 19250; MS1/7; MTCC 10621

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AY550275 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Arumugam M, Mitra A, Pramanik A, Saha M, Gachhui R, Mukherjee J. Streptomyces sundarbansensis sp. nov., an actinomycete that produces 2-allyloxyphenol. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2664-2669.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:261-262.

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 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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: Arumugam M, Mitra A, Pramanik A, Saha M, Gachhui R, Mukherjee J. Streptomyces sundarbansensis sp. nov., an actinomycete that produces 2-allyloxyphenol. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2664-2669.

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Record number: 789560

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Species Streptomyces sundarbansensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *sundarbansensis***