Name: Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. decoyicus Vavra et al. 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: de.co’yi.cus. N.L. neut. n. decoyininum, decoyinine, name of an antibiotic; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. decoyicus, intended to mean possessing decoyinine

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 106836; DSM 41427; IFO 13977; JCM 4550; NBRC 13977; NCIB 10502; NCIB 9752; NCIMB 10502; NCIMB 9752; NRRL 2666

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184557 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Vavra JJ, Dietz A, Churchill BW, Siminoff P, Koepsell HJ. Psicofuranine. III. Production and biological studies. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1959; 9:427-431.

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 decoyicus (Vavra et al. 1959) Kumar and Goodfellow 2010

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces decoyicus (Vavra et al. 1959) Kumar and Goodfellow 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. decoyicus 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: Vavra JJ, Dietz A, Churchill BW, Siminoff P, Koepsell HJ. Psicofuranine. III. Production and biological studies. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1959; 9:427-431.

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Record number: 781759