Species ***Streptomyces* *viridosporus***

Name: Streptomyces viridosporus Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.ri.do.spo.rus. L. masc./fem. adj. viridis, green; Gr. fem. n. spora, a spore; N.L. masc. adj. viridosporus, green-spored

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27479; BCRC 11870; CBS 654.72; CCRC 11870; CCUG 37512; DSM 40243; IFO 13353; IMET 43514; ISP 5243; JCM 4859; KCTC 9145; NBRC 13353; NCIB 9824; NCIMB 9824; NRRL 2414; NRRL ISP-5243; RIA 1314; VKM Ac-1769; VKM Ac-618

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16S rRNA gene: DQ442556 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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces ghanaensis Wallhäusser et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Goodfellow et al. 2017 Goodfellow M, Busarakam K, Idris H, Labeda DP, Nouioui I, Brown R, Kim BY, Del Carmen Montero-Calasanz M, Andrews BA, Bull AT. Streptomyces asenjonii sp. nov., isolated from hyper-arid Atacama Desert soils and emended description of Streptomyces viridosporus Pridham et al. 1958. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:1133-1148. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 27. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:7-8.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Goodfellow et al. (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces ghanaensis Wallhäusser et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Goodfellow M, Busarakam K, Idris H, Labeda DP, Nouioui I, Brown R, Kim BY, Del Carmen Montero-Calasanz M, Andrews BA, Bull AT. Streptomyces asenjonii sp. nov., isolated from hyper-arid Atacama Desert soils and emended description of Streptomyces viridosporus Pridham et al. 1958. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:1133-1148.
- 😷 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 52 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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Species Streptomyces viridosporus

Species ***Streptomyces* *viridosporus***