Name: Streptomyces althioticus subsp. attaecolombicae Nouioui et al. 2025

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: at.tae.co.lom’bi.cae. N.L. gen. fem. n. attaecolombicae, of Atta colombica, the leafcutter ant species from which the strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Av26-2; DI-188; DSM 41972; KCTC 59178

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Boldt J, Zimmermann A, Makitrynskyy R, Potter G, Jando M, Doppner M, Kirstein S, Neumann-Schaal M, Gomez-Escribano JP, et al. Biotechnological and pharmaceutical potential of twenty-eight novel type strains of Actinomycetes from different environments worldwide. Curr Res Microb Sci 2024; 7:100290. 🇩🇪

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:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14889 (N = 14).
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Streptomyces althioticus Yamaguchi et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Boldt J, Zimmermann A, Makitrynskyy R, Potter G, Jando M, Doppner M, Kirstein S, Neumann-Schaal M, Gomez-Escribano JP, et al. Biotechnological and pharmaceutical potential of twenty-eight novel type strains of Actinomycetes from different environments worldwide. Curr Res Microb Sci 2024; 7:100290. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 66919