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Species Streptomyces speibonae

Name: Streptomyces speibonae Meyers et al. 2003

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: spe.i’bo.nae. L. fem. n. spes (gen. spei), hope; L. masc. adj. bonus, good; N.L. gen. fem. n. speibonae, of good hope, to indicate Cape Town, the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the geographical location from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes spe-I-bo-na͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-411; CIP 108060; DSM 41797; JCM 12682; KCTC 9973; NBRC 101001; NRRL B-24240; PK-Blue

16S rRNA gene: AF452714 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Meyers PR, Porter DS, Omorogie C, Pule JM, Kwetane T. Streptomyces speibonae sp. nov., a novel streptomycete with blue substrate mycelium isolated from South African soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:801-805. 🇿🇦

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Meyers PR, Porter DS, Omorogie C, Pule JM, Kwetane T. Streptomyces speibonae sp. nov., a novel streptomycete with blue substrate mycelium isolated from South African soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:801-805. 🇿🇦

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Record number: 782039