Species ***Streptomyces* *venezuelae***

Name: Streptomyces venezuelae Ehrlich et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ve.ne.zu.e’lae. N.L. gen. fem. n. venezuelae, of Venezuela

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 10712; ATCC 25508; BCRC 11512; CBS 650.69; CCRC 11512; CGMCC 4.1526; DSM 40230; DSM 41109; IFO 12595; IFO 13096; IMET 41356; JCM 4526; LMG 19308; NBRC 12595; NBRC 13096; NRRL 2277; NRRL ISP-5230; RIA 1288; RIA 70; VKM Ac-589

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB045890 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ehrlich J, Gottlieb D, Burkholder PR, Anderson LE, Pridham TG. Streptomyces venezuelae, n. sp., the source of chloromycetin. J Bacteriol 1948; 56:467-477.

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

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00467 (N = 7).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 430 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Streptomyces venezuelae var. roseospora" corrig. De Morais et al. 1958	not validly published	preferred name
"Streptomyces venezuelae var. roseospori" De Morais et al. 1958	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

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

Assigned by: Ehrlich J, Gottlieb D, Burkholder PR, Anderson LE, Pridham TG. Streptomyces venezuelae, n. sp., the source of chloromycetin. J Bacteriol 1948; 56:467-477.

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Record number: 782100

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Species Streptomyces venezuelae

Species ***Streptomyces* *venezuelae***