Species Streptomyces violatus

Name: Streptomyces violatus (Artamonova and Krassilnikov 1960) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces violatus" Artamonova and Krassilnikov 1960

Etymology: vi.o.la.tus. L. masc. part. adj. violatus, flavored with violet, referring to the color of the vegetative mycelium and diffusible pigment of the organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15892; CBS 650.72; DSM 40209; IFO 13349; INMI 1205; JCM 4237; JCM 4851; NBRC 13349; NRRL B-2867; NRRL ISP-5209; RIA 708

16S rRNA gene: AJ399480 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pridham TG. New names and new combinations in the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture 1970; 1424:1-55.

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: synonym

Correct name: Streptomyces violaceus (Rossi Doria 1891) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Streptotrix violacea" Rossi Doria 1891	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces violatus" Artamonova and Krassilnikov 1960	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces violaceus (Rossi Doria 1891) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Lanoot et al. (2002), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Streptotrix violacea" Rossi Doria 1891. Publication: Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Wang L, Li W, Liu Z, Swings J. The search for synonyms among streptomycetes by using SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins. Emendation of the species Streptomyces aurantiacus, Streptomyces cacaoi subsp. cacaoi, Streptomyces caeruleus and Streptomyces violaceus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:823-829.
- ⏲ According to Lanoot et al. (2002), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces violaceus (Rossi Doria 1891) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lanoot B, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Wang L, Li W, Liu Z, Swings J. The search for synonyms among streptomycetes by using SDS-PAGE of whole-cell proteins. Emendation of the species Streptomyces aurantiacus, Streptomyces cacaoi subsp. cacaoi, Streptomyces caeruleus and Streptomyces violaceus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:823-829.
- ❗ Streptomyces violatus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptomyces.
- 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 The distinct name Streptomyces violarus from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

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

Assigned by: Pridham TG. New names and new combinations in the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture 1970; 1424:1-55.

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Species Streptomyces violatus