Species Streptomyces tricolor

Name: Streptomyces tricolor (Wollenweber 1920) Waksman 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces tricolor" Wollenweber 1920

Etymology: tri.co.lor. N.L. masc. n. tricolor, of three colors

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CBS 103.21; DSM 41704; IFO 15461; JCM 5065; NBRC 103112; NBRC 15461; NRRL B-16925

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16S rRNA gene: AB184687 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA. The Actinomycetes. Vol. 2. Classification, identification and descriptions of genera and species. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1961.

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: synonym

Correct name: Streptomyces violaceoruber (Waksman and Curtis 1916) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Actinomyces coelescens" Krassilnikov et al. 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces violaceolatus" Krassilnikov et al. 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces anthocyanicus" Krassilnikov et al. 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces violaceolatus (Krassilnikov et al. 1965) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces coelescens (Krassilnikov et al. 1965) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces roseodiastaticus" Duché 1934	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces violaceusruber" Waksman and Curtis 1916	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces tricolor" Wollenweber 1920	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces anthocyanicus (Krassilnikov et al. 1965) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces humiferus Goodfellow et al. 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces roseodiastaticus (Duché 1934) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Actinopycnidium caeruleum Krassilnikov 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces violaceoruber (Waksman and Curtis 1916) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Lanoot et al. 2004 Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Cnockaert M, Zhang J, Huang Y, Liu Z, Swings J. BOX-pCR fingerprinting as a powerful tool to reveal synonymous names in the genus Streptomyces. Emended descriptions are proposed for the species Streptomyces cinereorectus, S. fradiae, S. tricolor, S. colombiensis, S. filamentosus, S. vinaceus and S. phaeopurpureus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:84-92. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 1. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:7-8.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Komaki (2022), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces violaceusruber" Waksman and Curtis 1916. Publication: Komaki H. Resolution of housekeeping gene sequences used in MLSA for the genus Streptomyces and reclassification of Streptomyces anthocyanicus and Streptomyces tricolor as heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces violaceoruber. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5370.
- ⏲ According to Komaki (2022), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces violaceoruber (Waksman and Curtis 1916) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Komaki H. Resolution of housekeeping gene sequences used in MLSA for the genus Streptomyces and reclassification of Streptomyces anthocyanicus and Streptomyces tricolor as heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces violaceoruber. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5370.
- ⏰ According to Lanoot et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces roseodiastaticus" Duché 1934. Publication: Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Cnockaert M, Zhang J, Huang Y, Liu Z, Swings J. BOX-pCR fingerprinting as a powerful tool to reveal synonymous names in the genus Streptomyces. Emended descriptions are proposed for the species Streptomyces cinereorectus, S. fradiae, S. tricolor, S. colombiensis, S. filamentosus, S. vinaceus and S. phaeopurpureus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:84-92.
- ⏰ According to Lanoot et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces roseodiastaticus (Duché 1934) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Cnockaert M, Zhang J, Huang Y, Liu Z, Swings J. BOX-pCR fingerprinting as a powerful tool to reveal synonymous names in the genus Streptomyces. Emended descriptions are proposed for the species Streptomyces cinereorectus, S. fradiae, S. tricolor, S. colombiensis, S. filamentosus, S. vinaceus and S. phaeopurpureus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:84-92.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5476.
- ❗ Streptomyces tricolor is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptomyces.
- 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Waksman SA. The Actinomycetes. Vol. 2. Classification, identification and descriptions of genera and species. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1961.

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Species Streptomyces tricolor