Name: Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. angustmyceticus Yüntsen et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: an.gust.my.ce’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. angustus, narrow; Gr. masc. n. mykês, fungus; N.L. masc. adj. myceticus, fungus-like; N.L. masc. adj. angustmyceticus, like a narrow fungus, but referring to the narrow spectrum of anti-bacterial activity of the organism, hence angustmycin

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15484; DSM 41683; IFO 3934; JCM 4053; KCTC 1089; NBRC 3934; NRRL B-2347; NRRL B-3306

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184817 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yüntsen H, Ohkuma K, Ishii Y, Yonehara H. Studies on angustmycin. III. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series A 1956; 9:195-201.

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

Correct name: Streptomyces angustmyceticus (Yüntsen et al. 1956) Kumar and Goodfellow 2010

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces angustmyceticus (Yüntsen et al. 1956) Kumar and Goodfellow 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. angustmyceticus is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Streptomyces hygroscopicus within a separate genus Streptomyces.
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: Streptomyces hygroscopicus (Jensen 1931) Yüntsen et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yüntsen H, Ohkuma K, Ishii Y, Yonehara H. Studies on angustmycin. III. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) Series A 1956; 9:195-201.

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Record number: 781757