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J Bacteriol. 1962 February; 83(2): 370-380
Copyright © 1962, The Williams & Wilkins Company. All Rights Reserved.

PROPOSAL TO DESIGNATE STRAIN ATCC 3004 (IMRU 3004) AS THE NEOTYPE STRAIN OF STREPTOMYCES ALBUS (ROSSI-DORIA) WAKSMAN AND HENRICI1

A. J. Lyons Jr. and T. G. Pridham

a Fermentation Laboratory, Northern Regional Research Laboratory,2 Peoria, Illinois

ABSTRACT

LYONS, A. J., JR. (Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, Ill.) AND T. G. PRIDHAM. Proposal to designate strain ATCC 3004 (IMRU 3004) as the neotype strain of Streptomyces albus (Rossi-Doria) Waksman and Henrici. J. Bacteriol. 83:370–380. 1962.—It is proposed that strain ATCC 3004 (IMRU 3004) be designated henceforth as the neotype strain of Streptomyces albus (Rossi-Doria) Waksman and Henrici and as the type strain of the genus Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici. The proposal is based not only on the fact that the holotype strain [Streptotrix (sic) alba] of Rossi-Doria is no longer extant, but also on the fact that a study of the literature and a taxonomic study of 55 strains of the organism indicate the species should exhibit these characteristics: catenulate ovoidal spores, white aerial mycelium, coiled sporophores, proteolytic activity, and nonchromogenicity (inability to form brown, deep brown, or black diffusible pigments). Strain ATCC 3004 (IMRU 3004) exhibits these characteristics, as do 16 other acquisitions. Study of the 16 additional strains that conform with the general definition of the species shows differences in some physiological characteristics. It is suggested that these differences are of subspecific significance.

FOOTNOTES

2 A laboratory of the Northern Utilization Research and Development Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

1 The title of this paper, as presented at the 61st annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, was "Proposal to designate strain ATCC 618 as the neotype strain of Streptomyces albus (Rossi-Doria) Waksman et Henrici" (Bacteriol. Proc., p. 74, 1961). In the original preparation of the manuscript we obtained information that led us to believe that strains ATCC 618 and ATCC 3004 (IMRU 3004) were both descendants of one culture isolated about 1897. Since presentation of the paper we have learned this is not true and have corrected the information. There is little doubt now that these two strains, while remarkably similar, did in fact originate from two different cultures. Because the history of strain ATCC 3004 (IMRU 3004) can be traced back to about 1897, whereas strain ATCC 618 can be traced back to about 1914, we believe the former should have precedence in selection of a neotype strain and have changed the title and proposal as indicated. (ATCC refers to the American Type Culture Collection; IMRU refers to the culture collection of the Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University).

J Bacteriol. 1962 February; 83(2): 370-380
Copyright © 1962, The Williams & Wilkins Company. All Rights Reserved.





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