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Genus Couchioplanes
Name: Couchioplanes Tamura et al. 1994
Etymology: Cou.chi.o’pla.nes. 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. planês, a wanderer; N.L. masc. n. Couchioplanes, a wanderer organism of the family Actinoplanaceae named after J.N. Couch
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Couchioplanet-), kou-khi-O-pla-nes
Type species: Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) Tamura et al. 1994
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Tamura T, Nakagaito Y, Nishii T, Hasegawa T, Stackebrandt E, 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. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Horan AC, Brodsky B. Actinoplanes caeruleus sp. nov., a blue-pigmented species of the genus Actinoplanes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:187-191.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Coitchioplcines"; "Couchioplunes".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; IFO: 2; JCM: 2; VKM: 2; NBRC: 2; ATCC: 2; NRRL: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Horan AC, Brodsky B. Actinoplanes caeruleus sp. nov., a blue-pigmented species of the genus Actinoplanes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:187-191.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Couchioplanes azureus (Tamura et al. 1994) Kaewkla et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) Tamura et al. 1994 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Micromonosporaceae Krassilnikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Koch C, Kroppenstedt RM, Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E. 16S ribosomal DNA analysis of the genera Micromonospora, Actinoplanes, Catellatospora, Catenuloplanes, Couchioplanes, Dactylosporangium, and Pilimelia and emendation of the family Micromonosporaceae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:765-768. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 515430
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