Genus Umezawaea
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
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).
Umezawaea Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Umezawaea tangerina (Kinoshita et al. 2000) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2007.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Umezawaea, named for the late Hamao Umezawa, of the Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, in recognition of his leadership and contributions to the study of the biology and natural products of actinomycetes.
Valid publication: LABEDA (D.P.) and KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.): Proposal of Umezawaea gen. nov., a new genus of the Actinosynnemataceae related to Saccharothrix, and transfer of Saccharothrix tangerinus Kinoshita et al. 2000 as Umezawaea tangerina gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2758-2761.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Umezawaea endophytica Chu et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 2047X=CPCC 204132=KCTC 39538.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP984506.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: Gr. pref. endo, within; Gr. n. phyton, plant; L. fem. suff. -ica, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. endophytica, within plant, endophytic, pertaining to the isolation from plant tissues.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 167. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 1-3.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Chu, X., Liu, B.-B., Gao, R., Zhang, Z.-Y., Duan, Y.-Q., Nimaichand, S., Chen, W. and Li, W.-J. 2015. Umezawaea endophytica sp. nov. isolated from tobacco root samples. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 108, 667-672.
Effective publication Online
Umezawaea tangerina (Kinoshita et al. 2000) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2007, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MK27-91F2 = DSM 44720 = FERM P-16053 = JCM 10302 = NBRC 16184 = NRRL B-24463.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB020031.
Basonym: ¤ Saccharothrix tangerinus Kinoshita et al. 2000.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. tangerina, tangerine-coloured, referring to the colour of the vegetative growth.
Valid publication: LABEDA (D.P.) and KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.): Proposal of Umezawaea gen. nov., a new genus of the Actinosynnemataceae related to Saccharothrix, and transfer of Saccharothrix tangerinus Kinoshita et al. 2000 as Umezawaea tangerina gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2758-2761.
Original article in IJSEM Online