Species "Streptomyces virocidus"

Name: "Streptomyces virocidus" (Kuchaeva et al. 1961) Pridham 1970

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces virocidus" Kuchaeva et al. 1961

Etymology: vi.ro.cid’us. L. neut. n. virus, slime, poison; L. com, bining form cidus of v. caedo, to cut; M.L. adj. virocidus, per taining to poison (virus) and to cut and intended to refer to the virucidal activity of the organism

Gender: masculine

Original publication: Pridham TG. New names and new combinations in the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture 1970; 1424:1-55.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Pridham TG. New names and new combinations in the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture 1970; 1424:1-55.

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Record number: 61535
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