Species ***Streptomyces* *wedmorensis***

Name: Streptomyces wedmorensis (ex Milard and Burr 1926) Preobrazhenskaya 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: wed.mo.ren’sis. N.L. masc. adj. wedmorensis, of or pertaining to Wedmore, a city in England

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wed-mo-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 21239; BCRC 12667; CCRC 12667; CECT 3245; DSM 41676; ICMP 12544; IFO 14062; JCM 4937; NBRC 14062; NRRL 3426; VKM Ac-1861

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184572 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gauze GF, Preobrazhenskaya TP, Sveshnikova MA, Terekhova LP, Maximova TS. A guide for the determination of actinomycetes. Genera Streptomyces, Streptoverticillium, and Chainia. Nauka, Moscow, URSS, 1983.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Streptomyces wedmorensis" (Millard and Burr 1926) Waksman 1953	homotypic synonym, not validly published

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:
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Preobrazhenskaya) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Gauze et al.).
- 😷 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 18 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.
- 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Actinomyces wedmorensis". Publication: Harz CO. Actinomyces bovis, ein neuer Schimmel in den Geweben des Rindes. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Thiermedizin 1877; 5:125-140.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 Names of the individuals to be credited for Streptomyces wedmorensis proposed in reference Gause et al. 1983 were supplied by T.P. Preobrazhenskaya, personal communication to the Associate Editor, IJSB. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

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

Assigned by: Gauze GF, Preobrazhenskaya TP, Sveshnikova MA, Terekhova LP, Maximova TS. A guide for the determination of actinomycetes. Genera Streptomyces, Streptoverticillium, and Chainia. Nauka, Moscow, URSS, 1983.

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Species Streptomyces wedmorensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *wedmorensis***