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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces tacrolimicus

Name: Streptomyces tacrolimicus Martínez-Castro et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ta.cro.li.mi.cus. N.L. neut. n. tacrolimun, tacrolimus; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. tacrolimicus, belonging to tacrolimus, referring to the type strain’s ability to produce tacrolimus

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 55098; CECT 7664

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB217601 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Martinez-Castro M, Barreiro C, Romero F, Fernandez-Chimeno RI, Martin JF. Streptomyces tacrolimicus sp. nov., a low producer of the immunosuppressant tacrolimus (FK506). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1084-1088.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Martinez-Castro M, Barreiro C, Romero F, Fernandez-Chimeno RI, Martin JF. Streptomyces tacrolimicus sp. nov., a low producer of the immunosuppressant tacrolimus (FK506). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1084-1088.

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Record number: 789220
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