Species Streptoverticillium lilacinum

Name: Streptoverticillium lilacinum (Nakazawa et al. 1956) Locci et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Streptomyces lilacinus" Nakazawa et al. 1956

Etymology: li.la’ci.num. N.L. neut. adj. lilacinum, lilac colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-wer-ti-KIL-li-um li-LA-ki-num, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23930; BCRC 12421; CBS 914.68; CCRC 12421; CECT 3264; DSM 40254; IFO 12884; IFO 3944; ISP 5254; JCM 4188; JCM 4648; NBRC 12884; NBRC 3944; NRRL B-1968; NRRL ISP-5254; RIA 1180

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16S rRNA gene: AB184819 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Locci R, Baldacci E, Petrolini Baldan B. The genus Streptoverticillium. A taxonomic study. Giornale di Microbiologia 1969; 17:1-60.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces lilacinus (Nakazawa et al. 1956) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptoverticillium kashmirense corrig. (Gupta and Chopra 1963) Locci et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Verticillomyces lilacinus" (Nakazawa et al. 1956) Shinobu 1965	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Streptomyces lilacinus" Nakazawa et al. 1956	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Streptoverticillium kashmirensis (Gupta and Chopra 1963) Locci et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Streptomyces kashimirensis (Gupta and Chopra 1963) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Streptomyces kashmirensis corrig. (Gupta and Chopra 1963) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Streptomyces kashmirensis" Gupta and Chopra 1963	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Streptomyces lilacinus (Nakazawa et al. 1956) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptoverticillium kashmirensis (Gupta and Chopra 1963) Locci et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
  • ⏰ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Streptomyces kashmirensis" Gupta and Chopra 1963. Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
  • ⏰ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptoverticillium kashmirense corrig. (Gupta and Chopra 1963) Locci et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
  • ⏰ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces kashimirensis (Gupta and Chopra 1963) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991. Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
  • ⏰ According to Hatano et al. (2003), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces kashmirensis corrig. (Gupta and Chopra 1963) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991. Publication: Hatano K, Nishii T, Kasai H. Taxonomic re-evaluation of whorl-forming Streptomyces (formerly Streptoverticillium) species by using phenotypes, DNA-DNA hybridization and sequences of gyrB, and proposal of Streptomyces luteireticuli (ex Katoh and Arai 1957) corrig., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1519-1529. 🇯🇵
  • ❗ Streptoverticillium lilacinum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptoverticillium.
  • 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Streptoverticillium Baldacci 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Locci R, Baldacci E, Petrolini Baldan B. The genus Streptoverticillium. A taxonomic study. Giornale di Microbiologia 1969; 17:1-60.

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