Species ***Streptomyces* *thermocoprophilus***

Name: Streptomyces thermocoprophilus Kim et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.co.pro.phi’lus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. fem. n. kopros, dung; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermocoprophilus, dung-loving thermophile

Gender: masculine

Type strain: B 19; DSM 41700; JCM 10918; NBRC 100771

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ007402 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim B, al-Tai AM, Kim SB, Somasundaram P, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces thermocoprophilus sp. nov., a cellulase-free endo-xylanase-producing streptomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:505-509.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

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 2 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: Kim B, al-Tai AM, Kim SB, Somasundaram P, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces thermocoprophilus sp. nov., a cellulase-free endo-xylanase-producing streptomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:505-509.

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Record number: 782070

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Species Streptomyces thermocoprophilus

Species ***Streptomyces* *thermocoprophilus***