Name: Faenia Kurup and Agre 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. neut. n. faenum, hay; N.L. fem. n. Faenia, a genus of bacteria associated with hay

Gender: feminine (stem: Faeni-)

Type species: Faenia rectivirgula (Krassilnikov and Agre 1964) Kurup and Agre 1983

Valid publication: Kurup VP, Agre NS. Transfer of Micropolyspora rectivirgula (Krasil'nikov and Agre 1964) Lechevalier, Lechevalier, and Becker 1966 to Faenia gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:663-665.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Korn-Wendisch F, Kempf A, Grund E, Kroppenstedt RM, Kutzner HJ. Transfer of Faenia rectivirgula Kurup and Agre 1983 to the genus Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975, elevation of Saccharopolyspora hirsuta subsp. taberi Labeda 1987 to species level, and emended description of the genus Saccharopolyspora. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:430-441.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Foenia"; "Fuenia".
  • Faenia is the correct name instead 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: JCM: 1; IFO: 1; NRRL: 1; VKM: 1; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1; NBRC: 1.
  • According to Kurup and Agre, the genus name Faenia is a Latin feminine plural name. However, according to Rule 10a, the name of a genus must be a substantive, or an adjective used as a substantive, in the singular number. Consequently, Faenia Kurup and Agre 1983 could be regarded as not in accordance with the rules of the ICNP. Moreover, the Latin noun faenum is in the neuter gender and the plural nominative should be faena (without i). Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FAEN" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Faenia interjecta" Okazaki and Enokita 1987	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Faenia rectivirgula (Krassilnikov and Agre 1964) Kurup and Agre 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989

Assigned by: Embley MT, Smida J, Stackebrandt E. The phylogeny of mycolate-less wall chemotype IV Actinomycetes and description of Pseudonocardiaceae fam. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 11:44-52.

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Record number: 515614