Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Streptomyces viridiviolaceus

Name: Streptomyces viridiviolaceus (Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces viridiviolaceus" Ryabova and Preobrazhenskaya 1957

Etymology: vi.ri.di.vi.o.la.ce.us. L. masc./fem. adj. viridis, green; L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet-colored; N.L. masc. adj. viridiviolaceus, green-violet, referring to the greenish color of the aerial mycelium and the violet color of diffusible pigment

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27478; BCRC 12457; CBS 660.72; CCRC 12457; DSM 40280; IFO 13359; INA 5276/56; JCM 4855; NBRC 13359; NRRL B-12182; NRRL ISP-5280; RIA 1320; VKM Ac-587

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16S rRNA gene: AB184350 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pridham TG, Hesseltine CW, Benedict RG. A guide for the classification of streptomycetes according to selected groups; placement of strains in morphological sections. Appl Microbiol 1958; 6:52-79.

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Pridham TG, Hesseltine CW, Benedict RG. A guide for the classification of streptomycetes according to selected groups; placement of strains in morphological sections. Appl Microbiol 1958; 6:52-79.

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Record number: 782125
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