Species Streptomyces viridiflavus

Name: Streptomyces viridiflavus corrig. (Locci and Schofield 1989 ex Waksman and Taber 1953) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptoverticillium viridoflavum (ex Waksman and Taber 1953) Locci and Schofield 1989

Etymology: vi.ri.di.fla’vus. L. masc./fem. adj. viridis, green; L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; N.L. masc. adj. viridiflavus, green-yellow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wi-ri-di-FLA-wus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12631; DSM 40237; NBRC 15799

16S rRNA gene: AB184702 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Witt D, Stackebrandt E. Unification of the genera Streptoverticillium and Streptomyces, and amendation of Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943, 339AL. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:361-371. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 38. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:456-457.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces olivoverticillatus (Shinobu 1956) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Streptomyces olivoverticillatus" Shinobu 1956	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces viridoflavum (Locci and Schofield 1989 ex Waksman and Taber 1953) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
Streptomyces olivoverticillatus (Shinobu 1956) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptoverticillium viridoflavum (ex Waksman and Taber 1953) Locci and Schofield 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptoverticillium olivoverticillatum (Shinobu 1956) Baldacci et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Streptomyces olivoverticillatus" Shinobu 1956. Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
- ⏲ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptoverticillium olivoverticillatum (Shinobu 1956) Baldacci et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
- ⏲ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces olivoverticillatus (Shinobu 1956) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991. Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
- ❗ Streptomyces viridiflavus 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 48:1073; Streptomyces viridoflavum (sic). Publication: Euzéby JP. Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1073-1075. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 In violation of Rule 33c, on the Validation List no. 38, Streptomyces viridiflavus corrig. is proposed as a nomen revictum (basonym: "Streptomyces viridoflavum" Waksman and Taber 1953). — 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, viridoflavum (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1998. Publication: Euzéby JP. Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1073-1075. 🇫🇷

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

Assigned by: Witt D, Stackebrandt E. Unification of the genera Streptoverticillium and Streptomyces, and amendation of Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943, 339AL. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:361-371. 🇩🇪

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Species Streptomyces viridiflavus