Name: Micropolyspora Lechevalier et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small; Gr. adj. polu, many; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. Micropolyspora, the small many spored (organism)

Gender: feminine

Type species: Micropolyspora brevicatena Lechevalier et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Lechevalier HA, Solotorovsky M, McDurmont CI. A new genus of the Actinomycetales: Micropolyspora gen. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1961; 26:11-18.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published, conserved name

• Notes:
  • Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Micropolysporas" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of Actinomycetes. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1983; 37:189-216.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Mycropolyspora".
  • Micropolyspora is the correct name if this genus is regarded as a separate genus.
  • This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion. Publication: A. J. McCarthy TC, J. Lacey MG. Conservation of the Name Micropolyspora Lechevalier, Solotorovsky, and McDurmont and Designation of Micropolyspora faeni Cross, Maciver, and Lacey as the Type Species of the Genus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:430-433.
  • Type species transferred to genus Nocardia; request for conservation denied IJSB 36:357. Publication: 3 Wayne LG. Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published in 1983 and 1984. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:357-358.
  • This name was subject to a second Request for an Opinion.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Micropolyspora angiospora Zhukova et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Micropolyspora brevicatena Lechevalier et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Micropolyspora faeni Cross et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Micropolyspora internatus Agre et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
    Micropolyspora rectivirgula (Krassilnikov and Agre 1964) Prauser and Momirova 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Nocardiaceae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

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Record number: 516094