Name: Microtetraspora Thiemann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mi.cro.tet’raspo.ra. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small; Gr. pref. tetra-, four (in compound words); Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed; N.L. fem. n. Microtetraspora, the four-spored (organism)

Gender: feminine (stem: Microtetraspor-)

Type species: Microtetraspora glauca Thiemann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thiemann JE, Pagani H, Beretta G. A new genus of the Actinomycetales: Microtetraspora gen. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1968; 50:295-303.

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: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Kroppenstedt et al. 1990 Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Goodfellow M. Taxonomic revision of the actinomycete genera Actinomadura and Microtetraspora. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:148-160.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 15 new species in the genus.
    • As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
  • Zhang et al. 1998 Zhang Z, Wang Y, Ruan J. Reclassification of Thermomonospora and Microtetraspora. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:411-422. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 15 species from the genus. — The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Maduromycetes" 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: "Llicrotetraspora"; "Micmtetraspora"; "Micotetraspora"; "Micratetraspora"; "Microfctraspora"; "Microfetraspora"; "Microfetraspra"; "Microletraspora"; "Microrerraspora"; "Microtctraspora"; "Microteiraspora"; "Microteraspora"; "Microterraspara"; "Microtetrapsora"; "Microtetraspara"; "Microtetrasporsa"; "Microtetrusporu"; "Mierolerraspora"; "Mieroterraspora"; "Mierotetraspora"; "Mlcrotetraspora".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 23; NBRC: 21; JCM: 21; IFO: 20; ATCC: 18; KCTC: 17; VKM: 15; NRRL: 13; BCRC: 10; CIP: 9.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MTSO" 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: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 23

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Microtetraspora africana (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora angiospora (Zhukova et al. 1968) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Microtetraspora caesia" Tomita et al. 1980	not validly published
    Microtetraspora fastidiosa (Soina et al. 1975) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora ferruginea (Meyer 1981) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora flexuosa (Meyer 1989) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora fusca Thiemann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Microtetraspora glauca Thiemann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Microtetraspora helvata (Nonomura and Ohara 1971) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora malaysiensis Nakajima et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Microtetraspora niveoalba Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Microtetraspora parvosata" Naruse et al. 1993	not validly published
    Microtetraspora polychroma (Galatenko et al. 1987) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora pusilla (Nonomura and Ohara 1971) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora recticatena (Terekhova et al. 1987) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora roseola (Lavrova and Preobrazhenskaya 1975) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora roseoviolacea (Nonomura and Ohara 1971) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora rubra (Sveshnikova et al. 1969) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora salmonea (Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1975) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora spiralis (Meyer 1981) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora turkmeniaca (Terekhova et al. 1987) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Microtetraspora tyrrhenii Tomita et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Microtetraspora viridis Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Streptosporangiaceae Goodfellow et al. 1990

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Stanton LJ, Simpson KE, Minnikin DE. Numerical and chemical classification of Actinoplanes and some related Actinomycetes. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1990; 136:19-36.

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