Species ***Streptomyces* *violaceoruber***

Name: Streptomyces violaceoruber (Waksman and Curtis 1916) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Actinomyces violaceusruber" Waksman and Curtis 1916

Etymology: vi.o.la.ce.o’ru.ber. L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet; L. masc. adj. ruber, red; N.L. masc. adj. violaceoruber, violet-red

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wi-o-la-ke-O-ru-ber, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14980; ATCC 19816; ATCC 3355; BCRC 11489; CBS 569.68; CCRC 11489; CGMCC 4.1801; DSM 40049; IFO 12826; ISP 5049; JCM 4423; KCTC 9787; LMG 20256; NBRC 12826; NRRL B-12594; NRRL B-2935; NRRL B-3025; NRRL B-3319; NRRL ISP-5049; RIA 1096; UNIQEM 203; VKM Ac-726; VTT E-991420

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF503492 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pridham TG. New names and new combinations in the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture 1970; 1424:1-55.

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 roseodiastaticus" Duché 1934	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces violaceusruber" Waksman and Curtis 1916	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Actinopycnidium caeruleum Krassilnikov 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces tricolor" Wollenweber 1920	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces anthocyanicus (Krassilnikov et al. 1965) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces coelescens (Krassilnikov et al. 1965) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces humiferus Goodfellow et al. 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces anthocyanicus" Krassilnikov 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Actinomyces violaceolatus" Krassilnikov 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Actinomyces coelescens" Krassilnikov 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Actinomyces anthocyanicus" Krassilnikov et al. 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces violaceolatus (Krassilnikov et al. 1965) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Streptomyces tricolor (Wollenweber 1920) Waksman 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Actinomyces violaceolatus" Krassilnikov et al. 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Actinomyces coelescens" Krassilnikov et al. 1965	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Streptomyces roseodiastaticus (Duché 1934) Waksman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Komaki 2022 Komaki H. Resolution of housekeeping gene sequences used in MLSA for the genus Streptomyces and reclassification of Streptomyces anthocyanicus and Streptomyces tricolor as heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces violaceoruber. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5370. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5476.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by 2 proposals regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Komaki (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces anthocyanicus" Krassilnikov et al. 1965. Publication: Komaki H. Resolution of housekeeping gene sequences used in MLSA for the genus Streptomyces and reclassification of Streptomyces anthocyanicus and Streptomyces tricolor as heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces violaceoruber. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5370. 🇯🇵
- ⏰ According to Komaki (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces tricolor" Wollenweber 1920. Publication: Komaki H. Resolution of housekeeping gene sequences used in MLSA for the genus Streptomyces and reclassification of Streptomyces anthocyanicus and Streptomyces tricolor as heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces violaceoruber. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5370. 🇯🇵
- ⏰ According to Komaki (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces tricolor (Wollenweber 1920) Waksman 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Komaki H. Resolution of housekeeping gene sequences used in MLSA for the genus Streptomyces and reclassification of Streptomyces anthocyanicus and Streptomyces tricolor as heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces violaceoruber. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5370. 🇯🇵
- ⏰ According to Komaki (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces anthocyanicus (Krassilnikov et al. 1965) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Komaki H. Resolution of housekeeping gene sequences used in MLSA for the genus Streptomyces and reclassification of Streptomyces anthocyanicus and Streptomyces tricolor as heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces violaceoruber. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5370. 🇯🇵
- ⏰ According to Komaki (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Actinomyces anthocyanicus" Krassilnikov 1965. Publication: Komaki H. Resolution of housekeeping gene sequences used in MLSA for the genus Streptomyces and reclassification of Streptomyces anthocyanicus and Streptomyces tricolor as heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces violaceoruber. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5370. 🇯🇵
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5476.
- 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: JCM 4223.
- 😷 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 78 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: Pridham TG. New names and new combinations in the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture 1970; 1424:1-55.

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Species Streptomyces violaceoruber

Species ***Streptomyces* *violaceoruber***