Etymology:
hy.gros.co.pi.cus. Gr. masc. adj.hygros, moist; Gr. masc./fem. n.skopos, one that watches, watcher; N.L. masc. adj.hygroscopicus, detecting moisture, covered with moisture, hygroscopic
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:
correct name
Risk group:
1
Emendations:
Komaki et al. 2017
Komaki H, Ichikawa N, Oguchi A, Hamada M, Tamura T, Fujita N, Suzuki KI. Genome analysis-based reclassification of Streptomyces endus and Streptomyces sporocinereus as later heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. hygroscopicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:343-345.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101. Notes:
🫂 Emendation accompanied by 2 proposals regarding the synonymy of the subspecies.
Komaki et al. 2022
Komaki H, Igarashi Y, Tamura T. Taxonomic Positions of a Nyuzenamide-Producer and Its Closely Related Strains. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0.
Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 37. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5696. Notes:
🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the subspecies.
😷 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.