Species ***Streptomyces* *thermocarboxydovorans***

Name: Streptomyces thermocarboxydovorans Kim et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.car.bo.xy.do’vo.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. neut. adj. carboxydum, carbon monoxide; L. v. voro, to eat greedily, devour; N.L. masc. part. adj. thermocarboxydovorans, thermophilic, carbon monoxide consuming

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … t^her-mo-kar-bo-ksy-DO-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: AT52; CIP 105544; DSM 44296; IFO 16324; JCM 10367; NBRC 16324

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16S rRNA gene: AB249929 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SB, Falconer C, Williams E, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces thermocarboxydovorans sp. nov. and Streptomyces thermocarboxydus sp. nov., two moderately thermophilic carboxydotrophic species from soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:59-68. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.

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 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 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: Kim SB, Falconer C, Williams E, Goodfellow M. Streptomyces thermocarboxydovorans sp. nov. and Streptomyces thermocarboxydus sp. nov., two moderately thermophilic carboxydotrophic species from soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:59-68. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 782068

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Species Streptomyces thermocarboxydovorans

Species ***Streptomyces* *thermocarboxydovorans***