Species ***Streptomyces* *violaceusniger***

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces violaceusniger" Waksman and Curtis 1916

Etymology: vi.o.la.ce.us.ni.ger. L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet; L. masc. adj. niger, black; N.L. masc. adj. violaceusniger, violet-black [probably better: violaceiniger]

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: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Actinomyces violaceusniger" Waksman and Curtis 1916	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces violaceoniger (Waksman and Curtis 1916) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Emendations:
- Labeda and Lyons 1991 Labeda DP, Lyons AJ. The Streptomyces violaceusniger cluster is heterogeneous in DNA relatedness among strains: emendation of the descriptions of S. violaceusniger and Streptomyces hygroscopicus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:398-401.
  Notes:
  - 🧍 This emendation was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

Notes:
- 😷 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 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 47 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 The original spelling, Streptomyces violaceoniger (sic), has been corrected by Hill et al. 1984. Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.

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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Species Streptomyces violaceusniger

Species ***Streptomyces* *violaceusniger***