Genus Couchioplanes
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Couchioplanes Tamura et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) Tamura et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Couchius, a personal name, referring to J.N. Couch (1896–1986), a mycologist who contributed to the taxonomy of the family Actinoplanaceae; Gr. masc. n. planes, a wanderer; N.L. masc. n. Couchioplanes, a wanderer organism of the family Actinoplanaceae named after J.N. Couch.
Valid publication: TAMURA (T.), NAKAGAITO (Y.), NISHII (T.), HASEGAWA (T.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and YOKOTA (A.): A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Couchioplanes gen. nov., with descriptions of Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) comb. nov. and Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. azureus subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 193-203.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) Tamura et al. 1994, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SCC 1014 = ATCC 33937= DSM 43634 = IFO (now NBRC) 13939 = JCM 3195 = NRRL 5325 = VKM Ac-1257.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D85479.
Basonym: ¤ Actinoplanes caeruleus Horan and Brodsky 1986.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. caeruleus, blue, dark blue, referring to the blue vegetative mycelial pigment.
Valid publication: TAMURA (T.), NAKAGAITO (Y.), NISHII (T.), HASEGAWA (T.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and YOKOTA (A.): A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Couchioplanes gen. nov., with descriptions of Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) comb. nov. and Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. azureus subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 193-203.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. azureus Tamura et al. 1994, subsp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 31157= DSM 43900 = IFO (now NBRC) 13993 = JCM 3246 = VKM Ac-2019.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X93202.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. azureus, azure blue, referring to the blue vegetative mycelial pigment.
Valid publication: TAMURA (T.), NAKAGAITO (Y.), NISHII (T.), HASEGAWA (T.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and YOKOTA (A.): A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Couchioplanes gen. nov., with descriptions of Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) comb. nov. and Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. azureus subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 193-203.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) Tamura et al. 1994, subsp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 33937= DSM 43634 = IFO (now NBRC) 13939 = JCM 3195 = VKM Ac-1257.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D85479.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. caeruleus, blue, dark blue, referring to the blue vegetative mycelial pigment.
Valid publication: TAMURA (T.), NAKAGAITO (Y.), NISHII (T.), HASEGAWA (T.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and YOKOTA (A.): A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Couchioplanes gen. nov., with descriptions of Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) comb. nov. and Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. azureus subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 193-203.
Original article in IJSEM Online