Name: Chainia Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chain’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Chainia, named after Ernst Boris Mikaelovich Chain, a German/British microbiologist

Gender: feminine (stem: Chaini-)

Type species: Chainia antibiotica Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Thirumalachar MJ. Chainia, a new genus of the Actinomycetales. Nature 1955; 176:934-935.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Microechinospora" Konev et al. 1967	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Indiella" Brumpt 1906	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Actinacidiphila Madhaiyan et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Microellobosporia Cross et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kitasatoa Matsumae and Hata 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Streptoverticillium Baldacci 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Elytrosporangium Falcão de Morais et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinopycnidium Krassilnikov 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinosporangium Krassilnikov and Yuan 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Carbonactinospora Volpiano et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pridham TG. New names and new combinations in the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture 1970; 1424:1-55.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cbainia"; "Chaillia"; "Ciminia"; "Clzainia"; "Ohainia".
  • Chainia is the correct name if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NRRL: 23; JCM: 22; IFO: 22; NBRC: 22; CBS: 19; DSM: 18; ATCC: 14; BCRC: 11; CCRC: 11; VKM: 8.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CHNA" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • According to Goodfellow et al., the genus Chainia Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) is a later synonym of the genus Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST, Alderson G. Transfer of Chainia species to the genus Streptomyces with emended description of species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:55-60.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chainia antibiotica Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia flava Thirumalachar and Sukapure 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia fumigata Thirumalachar et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia kunmingensis Ruan et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia minutisclerotica Thirumalachar 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia nigra Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia ochracea Kuznetsov 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia olivacea Thirumalachar and Sukapure 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia poonensis Thirumalachar 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia purpurogena Thirumalachar and Sukapure 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia rosea Thirumalachar 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia rubra Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chainia violens Kalakoutskii and Krassilnikov 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn TG. Taxonomic Outline of the Procaryotes. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Release 4.0. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003.

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