Species ***Streptomyces* *winkii***

Name: Streptomyces winkii Nouioui et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: win’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. winkii, named after Joachim Wink, a German microbiologist who has made significant contributions to actinobacterial systematics and natural products research

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … WIN-ki-i, masculine

Type strain: DSM 40971; KCTC 59372; Sandoz 59283

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Effective publication: Nouioui I, Zimmermann A, Hennrich O, Xia S, Rossler O, Makitrynskyy R, Pablo Gomez-Escribano J, Potter G, Jando M, Doppner M, et al. Challenging old microbiological treasures for natural compound biosynthesis capacity. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2024; 12:1255151. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-08-12.
- 🙆 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: Nouioui I, Zimmermann A, Hennrich O, Xia S, Rossler O, Makitrynskyy R, Pablo Gomez-Escribano J, Potter G, Jando M, Doppner M, et al. Challenging old microbiological treasures for natural compound biosynthesis capacity. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2024; 12:1255151. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 66875

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Species Streptomyces winkii

Species ***Streptomyces* *winkii***