Species ***Streptomyces* *termitum***

Name: Streptomyces termitum Duché et al. 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’mi.tum. L. masc. n. termes (gen. termitis), woodworm, termite; L. gen. masc. pl. n. termitum, of termites, referring to the source of the organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25499; BCRC 12592; CBS 959.69; CCRC 12592; DSM 40329; IFO 13087; IMET 43127; JCM 4518; NBRC 13087; NCIB 9980; NCIMB 9980; NRRL B-3804; NRRL ISP-5329; RIA 1279

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16S rRNA gene: AB184302 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Duché J, Heim R, Laboureur P. Mémoire sur l'Antennopsis, ectoparasite du termite de Saintonge. IV. Étude du Streptomyces termitum n. sp., associé à l'antennopsis. Bulletin de la Société Mycologique France 1951; 67:359-364.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time 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: Duché J, Heim R, Laboureur P. Mémoire sur l'Antennopsis, ectoparasite du termite de Saintonge. IV. Étude du Streptomyces termitum n. sp., associé à l'antennopsis. Bulletin de la Société Mycologique France 1951; 67:359-364.

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Species Streptomyces termitum

Species ***Streptomyces* *termitum***