Species ***Streptomyces* *yeochonensis***

Name: Streptomyces yeochonensis Kim et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ye.o.cho.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. yeochonensis, of Yeochon, a province in Korea, referring to the place where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ye-o-k^ho-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CN 732; DSM 41868; IMSNU 50114; JCM 12366; KCTC 9926; NBRC 100782; NRRL B-24245

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF101415 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SB, Seong CN, Jeon SJ, Bae KS, Goodfellow M. Taxonomic study of neutrotolerant acidophilic actinomycetes isolated from soil and description of Streptomyces yeochonensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:211-214. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Actinacidiphila yeochonensis (Kim et al. 2004) Madhaiyan et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 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 6 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: Kim SB, Seong CN, Jeon SJ, Bae KS, Goodfellow M. Taxonomic study of neutrotolerant acidophilic actinomycetes isolated from soil and description of Streptomyces yeochonensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:211-214. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 782142

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Species Streptomyces yeochonensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *yeochonensis***