Name: Streptosporangium roseum Couch 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.um. L. neut. adj. roseum, rose-colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-spor-an-GI-um RO-se-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 12428; DSM 43021; IFO 3776; JCM 3005; NBRC 3776; NRRL 2505; VKM Ac-807

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X89947 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Couch JN. A new genus and family of the Actinomycetales, with a revision of the genus Actinoplanes. Journal of Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1955; 71:148-155.

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

Risk group: 1

• 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Streptosporangium Couch 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Couch JN. A new genus and family of the Actinomycetales, with a revision of the genus Actinoplanes. Journal of Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1955; 71:148-155.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 22 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nolan M, Sikorski J, Jando M, Lucas S, Lapidus A, Glavina Del Rio T, Chen F, Tice H, Pitluck S, Cheng JF, et al. Complete genome sequence of Streptosporangium roseum type strain (NI 9100). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 2:29-37. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Streptosporangium Couch 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Couch JN. A new genus and family of the Actinomycetales, with a revision of the genus Actinoplanes. Journal of Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1955; 71:148-155.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.782169Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 782169