Species ***Streptomyces* *gelaticus***

Name: Streptomyces gelaticus (Waksman 1923) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces gelaticus" Waksman 1923

Etymology: ge.la’ti.cus. L. masc. perf. part. gelatus, congealed, jellied; N.L. masc. adj. gelaticus, intended to mean resembling hardened gelatin

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ge-LA-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23912; ATCC 3323; BCRC 11477; CBS 131.20; CBS 369.39; CBS 833.68; CCRC 11477; DSM 40065; IFO 12866; IMET 40285; JCM 4376; NBRC 12866; NCIB 9848; NCIMB 9848; NRRL B-1252; NRRL B-2928; NRRL ISP-5065; RIA 1118; RIA 89; VKM Ac-1704

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184202 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Actinomyces gelaticus" Waksman 1923	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😷 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.

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Record number: 781685

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Species Streptomyces gelaticus

Species ***Streptomyces* *gelaticus***