Streptomyces hygroscopicus

Streptomyces hygroscopicus
Streptomyces hygroscopicus colonies
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Streptomycetales
Family: Streptomycetaceae
Genus: Streptomyces
Species:
S. hygroscopicus
Binomial name
Streptomyces hygroscopicus
(Jensen, 1931) Yüntsen et al., 1956
Subspecies
  • subsp. "aureolacrimosus" Takiguchi et al., 1980
  • subsp. hygroscopicus (Jensen 1931) Yüntsen et al., 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • subsp. ossamyceticus Schmitz et al., 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • subsp. "yakushimaensis" Hatanaka et al., 1988
Synonyms
  • "Actinomyces hygroscopicus" Jensen, 1931
  • Streptomyces endus Anderson and Gottlieb, 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Streptomyces sporocinereus (ex Krassilnikov, 1970) Preobrazhenskaya, 1986

Streptomyces hygroscopicus is a bacterial species in the genus Streptomyces. It was first described by Hans Laurits Jensen in 1931.