Species ***Streptomyces* *virginiae***

Name: Streptomyces virginiae Grundy et al. 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. virginiae, of Virginia, referring to the source of the soil (near Roanoke, Virginia) from which the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19817; BCRC 12069; CBS 291.60; CBS 570.68; CCRC 12069; CGMCC 4.1530; DSM 40094; IFO 12827; IFO 3729; JCM 4425; KCTC 1747; NBRC 12827; NBRC 3729; NRRL B-1446; NRRL ISP-5094; RIA 1097; UNIQEM 205; VKM Ac-1218

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85119 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Grundy WE, Whitman AL, Rdzok EG, Rdzok EJ, Hanes ME, Sylvester JC. Actithiazic acid. I. Microbiological studies. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1952; 2:399-408.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces cinnamonensis Okami 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Komaki and Tamura (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces cinnamonensis Okami 1952 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Komaki H, Tamura T. Reclassification of Streptomyces cinnamonensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces virginiae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4813.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4907.
- 😷 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 74 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.

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

Assigned by: Grundy WE, Whitman AL, Rdzok EG, Rdzok EJ, Hanes ME, Sylvester JC. Actithiazic acid. I. Microbiological studies. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1952; 2:399-408.

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Species Streptomyces virginiae

Species ***Streptomyces* *virginiae***