Species ***Streptomyces* *violens***

Name: Streptomyces violens (Kalakoutskii and Krassilnikov 1960) Goodfellow et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Chainia violens Kalakoutskii and Krassilnikov 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: vi’o.lens. L. masc. part. adj. violens, raging; N.L. pres. part. violescens, referring to pink to violet pigment produced by the organism on some media; from L. fem. n. viola, violet

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes WI-o-lens, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15898; BCRC 12540; CBS 451.65; CBS 787.72; CCRC 12540; DSM 40597; HAMBI 1073; IFO 12557; IFO 13486; INMI 1212; ISP 5597; JCM 3072; JCM 4852; KCC 3072; NBRC 12557; NBRC 13486; NCAIM B.01477; NRRL B-3484; NRRL ISP-5597; PCM 2247; RIA 1447; RIA 565; VKM Ac-586; VKM Ac-653

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ621605 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST, Alderson G. Transfer of Chainia species to the genus Streptomyces with emended description of species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:55-60. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 23. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:179-180.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Chainia violens Kalakoutskii and Krassilnikov 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 4 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.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Williams ST, Alderson G. Transfer of Chainia species to the genus Streptomyces with emended description of species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:55-60. 🇬🇧

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Species Streptomyces violens

Species ***Streptomyces* *violens***