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Name: Saccharomonospora Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Sac.cha.ro.mo.no’spo.ra. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; Gr. masc. adj. monos, single, solitary; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. Saccharomonospora, the sugar (-containing) single-spored (organism)
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Saccharomonospor-), sak-kha-ro-mo-NO-spo-ra
Type species: Saccharomonospora viridis (Schuurmans et al. 1956) Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Nonomura H, Ohara Y. Distribution of actinomycetes in soil. X. New genus and species of monosporic actinomycetes in soil. Journal of Fermentation Technology 1971; 49:895-903.
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 15
Total number of child taxa: 19
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: 516525