Name: Streptomyces rimosus subsp. paromomycinus Coffey et al. 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ro.mo.my.ci’nus. N.L. neut. n. paromomycinum, paromomycin; N.L. masc. adj. paromomycinus, intented to mean paromomycin-producing [probably better: paromomycinicus]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14827; DSM 41429; IFO 15454; JCM 4541; JCM 4871; NBRC 15454; NRRL 2455; VKM Ac-605

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ621610 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Coffey GL, Anderson LE, Fisher MW, Galbraith MM, Hillegas AB, Kohberger DL, Thompson PE, Weston Ks EHRLICHJ. Biological studies of paromomycin. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1959; 9:730-738.

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 paromomycinus (Coffey et al. 1959) Komaki and Tamura 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces paromomycinus (Coffey et al. 1959) Komaki and Tamura 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Streptomyces rimosus subsp. paromomycinus 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 rimosus 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 rimosus Sobin et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Coffey GL, Anderson LE, Fisher MW, Galbraith MM, Hillegas AB, Kohberger DL, Thompson PE, Weston Ks EHRLICHJ. Biological studies of paromomycin. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1959; 9:730-738.

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Record number: 781982