Name: Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sac.cha.ro.po.ly’spo.ra. N.L. neut. n. Saccharum, generic name of sugar cane; Gr. masc. adj. polys, many; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed, and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. Saccharopolyspora, the many spored (organism) from sugar cane

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Saccharopolyspor-), sak-k^ha-ro-po-LY-spo-ra

Type species: Saccharopolyspora hirsuta Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lacey J, Goodfellow M, Lacy J, Goodfellow M. A novel actinomycete from sugar-cane bagasse: Saccharopolyspora hirsuta gen. et. sp. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1975; 88:75-85.

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Faenia Kurup and Agre 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Korn-Wendisch et al. 1989 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. 🇩🇪
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Micropolysporas" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Charopolyspora"; "Saccarhopolyspora"; "Saccaropolyspora"; "Sacchampolyspora"; "Sacchapolyspora"; "Saccharapolyspora"; "Saccharopalyspara"; "Saccharopolvspora"; "Saccharopolys"; "Sacchnropolyspora"; "Sacchoropolyspora"; "Sacchuropolyspora"; "Sacchuropolysporu"; "Sacharopolyspora"; "Seccharopolyspora"; "Succharopolysporu"; "Succhuropolysporu".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kammanee et al. (2023), Zhang et al. (2009), Saygin et al. (2021), Qin et al. (2010). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 31; JCM: 28; KCTC: 19; NBRC: 18; CGMCC: 13; IFO: 11; NRRL: 10; ATCC: 9; CCTCC: 9; TBRC: 5.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SAPP" 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: 39
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 46
Total number of child taxa: 52

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Saccharopolyspora aidingensis Xia et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharopolyspora antibiotica Kanchanasin et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora antimicrobica Yuan et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora aridisoli Saygin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Saccharopolyspora aurantiaca" Jiang and Xu 1986	not validly published	preferred name
    Saccharopolyspora cavernae Cheng et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora cebuensis Pimentel-Elardo et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora coralli Zhou et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharopolyspora dendranthemae Zhang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora deserti Yang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora elongata Saygin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora endophytica Qin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora erythraea corrig. (Waksman 1923) Labeda 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora flava Lu et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora galaxeae Xie et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora ghardaiensis Meklat et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharopolyspora gloriosae Qin et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora gregorii Goodfellow et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Saccharopolyspora griseoalba" Jiang et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    Saccharopolyspora halophila Tang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora halotolerans Lv et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora hattusasensis Veyisoglu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora hirsuta Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora hordei Goodfellow et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora indica Vaddavalli et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora ipomoeae Suksaard et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora jiangxiensis Zhang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharopolyspora karakumensis Saygin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora kobensis (Lacey 1989 ex Iwasake and Mori 1979) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora lacisalsi Guan et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Saccharopolyspora mangrovi" Lu et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Saccharopolyspora maritima Suksaard et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora montiporae Xie et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora oryzae Kammanee et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Saccharopolyspora pathumthaniensis" Sinma et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name
    Saccharopolyspora phatthalungensis Duangmal et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora qijiaojingensis Tang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Saccharopolyspora qinghaiensis" Jiang et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula (Krassilnikov and Agre 1964) Korn-Wendisch et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora rhizosphaerae Intra et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora rosea Yassin 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Saccharopolyspora salina" Suthindhiran et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    Saccharopolyspora shandongensis Zhang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora soli Veyisoglu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora spinosa Mertz and Yao 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora spinosporotrichia Zhou et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharopolyspora spongiae Souza et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora subtropica Wu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharopolyspora taberi (Labeda 1987) Korn-Wendisch et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora terrae Saygin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora thermophila Lu et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharopolyspora tripterygii Li et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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