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Streptomyces

genus of Actinobacteria
Taxon taxon Q1144013
Streptomyces
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Summary

Streptomyces is a taxon[1]. Streptomyces ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,494 views/month, #1,485 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Mikrobe des Jahres[3]
  • Taxon rank: genus[4]
  • Parent taxon: Streptomycetaceae[5]
  • Taxon name: Streptomyces[6]
  • Commons category: Streptomyces[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Streptomyces albus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Streptomyces[9]
  • Taxon synonym: Actinopycnidium[10], Actinosporangium[11], Chainia[12], Elytrosporangium[13], Kitasatoa[14], Microellobosporia[15], Streptoverticillium[16]
  • This taxon is source of: antimycin A[17]
  • LPSN URL: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/streptomyces[18]
  • Gram staining: gram-positive bacteria[19]
  • Taxon author citation: Waksman & Henrici 1943[20]

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Identifiers

Streptomyces's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356564[21]. Streptomyces's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1883[22]. Streptomyces's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83069[23]. Streptomyces's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2584528[24]. Streptomyces's ITIS TSN is recorded as 189411[25].

Why It Matters

Streptomyces has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Streptomyces is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

FAQs

What awards did Streptomyces receive?

Honors received include Mikrobe des Jahres[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . idw-online.de. Retrieved . idw-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . National Agricultural Library Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
    Taxon author citation → Waksman & Henrici 1943
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Waksman & Henrici 1943, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0392699-Streptomyces
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0392699-Streptomyces, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Streptomyces sp 01.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538832805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  4. 20w ago · ~2026-24284-13 · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    This taxon is source of → antimycin A
    Taxonomic type → Streptomyces albus
    Parent taxon → Streptomycetaceae
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Streptomyces sp 01.png"
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