Species ***Streptomyces* *vinaceus***

Name: Streptomyces vinaceus Jones 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.na’ce.us. L. masc. adj. vinaceus, of or belonging to wine or the grape, referring to the color of the aerial mycelium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes wi-NA-ke-us, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27476; BCRC 11865; CBS 726.72; CCRC 11865; DSM 40515; HUT 6082; IFO 13425; JCM 4090; JCM 4849; KCTC 9771; NBRC 13425; NRRL 2382; NRRL ISP-5515; PCM 2366; RIA 1386; RIA 805

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16S rRNA gene: AB184394 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jones KL. A new Streptomyces that produces vitamin B12 actively. Papers from the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 1952; 37:47-48.

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces arabicus Shibata et al. 1957 (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 Lanoot et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces arabicus Shibata et al. 1957 (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. 🇧🇪
- 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 21 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.

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

Assigned by: Jones KL. A new Streptomyces that produces vitamin B12 actively. Papers from the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 1952; 37:47-48.

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Species Streptomyces vinaceus

Species ***Streptomyces* *vinaceus***