Species ***Streptomyces* *werraensis***

Name: Streptomyces werraensis Wallhäusser et al. 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wer.ra.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. werraensis, of or belonging to River Werra, Germany (referring to "werramycin," the name originally assigned to the antibiotics produced) [probably better: werrensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wer-ra-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14424; BCRC 12038; CBS 437.67; CBS 705.72; CCRC 12038; DSM 40486; DSM 40745; IFO 13404; JCM 4860; NBRC 13404; NRRL B-5317; NRRL ISP-5486; RIA 1365

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184381 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wallhaeusser KH, Huber G, Nesemann G, Praeve P, Zepf K. [THE ANTIBIOTICS FH 3582 A AND B AND THEIR IDENTITY WITH NONACTIN AND ITS HOMOLOGUES]. Arzneimittelforschung 1964; 14:356-360.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 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 13 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.

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

Assigned by: Wallhaeusser KH, Huber G, Nesemann G, Praeve P, Zepf K. [THE ANTIBIOTICS FH 3582 A AND B AND THEIR IDENTITY WITH NONACTIN AND ITS HOMOLOGUES]. Arzneimittelforschung 1964; 14:356-360.

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Record number: 782134

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Species Streptomyces werraensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *werraensis***