Species Streptomyces tunisialbus

Name: Streptomyces tunisialbus Ayed et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tu.ni.si.al’bus. N.L. fem. n. Tunisia, Tunisia, the country where the strain was isolated; L. masc. adj. albus, white, referring to the white colour of spores; N.L. masc. adj. tunisialbus, an organism with white spores from Tunisia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes tu-ni-si-AL-bus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 105760; JCM 32165; S2

16S rRNA gene: KY242372 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Ayed A, Slama N, Mankai H, Bachkouel S, ElKahoui S, Tabbene O, Limam F. Streptomyces tunisialbus sp. nov., a novel Streptomyces species with antimicrobial activity. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1571-1581. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 195. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4844-4847.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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

Assigned by: Ayed A, Slama N, Mankai H, Bachkouel S, ElKahoui S, Tabbene O, Limam F. Streptomyces tunisialbus sp. nov., a novel Streptomyces species with antimicrobial activity. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1571-1581. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 13788

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