Species ***Streptomyces* *virens***

Name: Streptomyces virens Gauze and Sveshnikova 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi’rens. L. masc. part. adj. virens, being green

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … WI-rens, masculine

Type strain: DSM 41465; IFO 15901; INA 3831; JCM 9095; NBRC 15901; VKM Ac-833

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184713 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gauze GF, Preobrazhenskaya TP, Sveshnikova MA, Terekhova LP, Maximova TS. A guide for the determination of actinomycetes. Genera Streptomyces, Streptoverticillium, and Chainia. Nauka, Moscow, URSS, 1983.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Gauze and Sveshnikova) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Gauze et al.).
- 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 On validation list no. 22, the type strain VKM Ac-833 is cited as VKM 833. — 🧍 On Validation List no. 22, the type strain VKM Ac-833 is cited as VKM 833. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.
- 🧍 Names of the individuals to be credited for Streptomyces virens proposed in reference Gause et al. 1983 were supplied by T.P. Preobrazhenskaya, personal communication to the Associate Editor, IJSB. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

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

Assigned by: Gauze GF, Preobrazhenskaya TP, Sveshnikova MA, Terekhova LP, Maximova TS. A guide for the determination of actinomycetes. Genera Streptomyces, Streptoverticillium, and Chainia. Nauka, Moscow, URSS, 1983.

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Species Streptomyces virens

Species ***Streptomyces* *virens***