1994 Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 115
Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and S. lividans 66 were examined for their morphological and cultural characteristics as well as DNA-DNA relatedness in comparison with those of S. coelicolor Müller, S. lividans ISP 5434 and S. violaceoruber ISP 5049 in order to clarify their taxonomic status. It turned out that S. coelicolor A3(2) was distinctly different from the type strain S. coelicolor Müller, but closely related to S. violaceoruber ISP 5049. On the other hand, S. lividans 66 was found to have taxonomic characteristics that closely resemble those of S. lividans ISP 5434 and S. violaceoruber ISP 5049.
These results indicated that S. coelicolor A3(2), S. lividans 66 and S. lividans ISP 5434 were all closely related to S. violaceoruber.
For details, see the review on pp. 47-50 of this issue of ACTINOMYCETOLOGICA.
