Species Streptomyces torulosus

Name: Streptomyces torulosus Lyons and Pridham 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to.ru.lo’sus. L. masc. n. torulus, a small protuberance; L. masc. adj. suff. -osus, suffix used with the sense of full of, prone to; N.L. masc. adj. torulosus, having small protuberances

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes to-ru-LO-sus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29340; CBS 801.71; DSM 40894; DSM 41249; IFM 1283; IFO 15460; JCM 4872; NBRC 15460; NRRL B-3889

16S rRNA gene: AJ781367 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Lyons AJ, Pridham TG. Streptomyces torulosus sp. n., an unusual knobby-spored taxon. Appl Microbiol 1971; 22:190-193.

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

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

Assigned by: Lyons AJ, Pridham TG. Streptomyces torulosus sp. n., an unusual knobby-spored taxon. Appl Microbiol 1971; 22:190-193.

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Record number: 782084

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