Species ***Streptomyces* *orinoci***

Name: Streptomyces orinoci (Cassinelli et al. 1967) Witt and Stackebrandt 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptoverticillium orinoci Cassinelli et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: o.ri’no.ci. N.L. gen. neut. n. orinoci, of Orinoco, named after the Orinoco River, South America, from whose banks it was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-RI-no-ki, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23202; CBS 767.72; CECT 3267; DSM 40571; IFM 1226; IFO 13466; ISP 5571; JCM 4546; JCM 4807; NBRC 13466; NRRL B-3379; NRRL ISP-5571; RIA 1427; VKM Ac-929

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16S rRNA gene: AB184866 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Witt D, Stackebrandt E. Unification of the genera Streptoverticillium and Streptomyces, and amendation of Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943, 339AL. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:361-371. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 38. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:456-457.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptoverticillium orinoci Cassinelli et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 6 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: Witt D, Stackebrandt E. Unification of the genera Streptoverticillium and Streptomyces, and amendation of Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943, 339AL. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:361-371. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 781910

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Species Streptomyces orinoci

Species ***Streptomyces* *orinoci***