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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces violaceoniger

Name: Streptomyces violaceoniger (Waksman and Curtis 1916) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces violaceusniger" Waksman and Curtis 1916

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27477; CBS 760.72; CGMCC 4.1423; DSM 40563; IFO 13459; JCM 4850; LMG 19336; NBRC 13459; NRRL B-1476; NRRL ISP-5563; RIA 1420; VKM Ac-583

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ391822 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pridham TG, Hesseltine CW, Benedict RG. A guide for the classification of streptomycetes according to selected groups; placement of strains in morphological sections. Appl Microbiol 1958; 6:52-79.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Streptomyces violaceusniger corrig. (Waksman and Curtis 1916) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

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

Assigned by: Pridham TG, Hesseltine CW, Benedict RG. A guide for the classification of streptomycetes according to selected groups; placement of strains in morphological sections. Appl Microbiol 1958; 6:52-79.

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Record number: 798647
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