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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Streptomyces tenebrarius"

Name: "Streptomyces tenebrarius" Higgens and Kastner 1967

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.ne.bra’ri.us. L. masc. adj. tenebrarius, of or belonging to darkness, reflecting the sensitivity of the culture to light

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 17920; DSM 40477; IFO 16177; ISP 5477; JCM 4838; NBRC 16177; NRRL B-12390

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB297962 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Higgens CE, Kastner RE. Nebramycin, a new broad-spectrum antibiotic complex. II. Description of Streptomyces tenebrarius. Antimicrobial Agents Chemother. (Bethesda) 1967; 7:324-331.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Streptoalloteichus tenebrarius (ex Higgens and Kastner 1967) Tamura et al. 2008

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

Assigned by: Higgens CE, Kastner RE. Nebramycin, a new broad-spectrum antibiotic complex. II. Description of Streptomyces tenebrarius. Antimicrobial Agents Chemother. (Bethesda) 1967; 7:324-331.

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Record number: 45763
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