Species Streptomyces tsukubensis

Name: Streptomyces tsukubensis Muramatsu and Nagai 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tsu.ku.ben’sis. N.L. masc. adj. tsukubensis, pertaining to Mt. Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, the origin of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes tsu-ku-BEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 9993; DSM 42081; NBRC 108819; NBRC 108919

16S rRNA gene: AB217600 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Muramatsu H, Nagai K. Streptomyces tsukubensis sp. nov., a producer of the immunosuppressant tacrolimus. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2013; 66:251-254. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 153. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3131-3134.

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: Muramatsu H, Nagai K. Streptomyces tsukubensis sp. nov., a producer of the immunosuppressant tacrolimus. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2013; 66:251-254. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 791055

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