Name: Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Saccharothrix, sugar-containing hair

Gender: feminine (stem: Saccharotrich-)

Type species: Saccharothrix australiensis Labeda et al. 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Labeda DP, Testa RT, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier HA. Saccharothrix: a new genus of the Actinomycetales related to Nocardiopsis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:426-431.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Labeda and Lechevalier 1989 Labeda DP, Lechevalier MP. Amendment of the genus Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984 and descriptions of Saccharothrix espanaensis sp. nov., Saccharothrix cryophilis sp. nov. and Saccharothrix mutabilis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:420-423.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.
  • He et al. 2022 He C, Sun X, Huang Z, Wang Z, Luo X, Song J, Wang X, Zhao J, Xiang W. Saccharothrix luteola sp. nov., a novel cellulose-degrading actinobacterium isolated from soil and emended description of the genus Saccharothrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5572.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Saccarothrix"; "Saccharofhrix"; "Saccharothiix"; "Saccharothnx"; "Saccharotlirix"; "Saccharotlzrix"; "Saccharotrix"; "Sacchavothvix"; "Sacchorothrix"; "Sacchurothrix"; "Sacclzarothrix"; "Sacharothrix"; "Snccharothrix"; "Succharothrir"; "Succhurothrix"; "Succhurothtix"; "Xaccharothrix".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: M. Goodfellow MET. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the suborder Pseudonocardineae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2004; 54:283.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Goodfellow M, Trujillo ME. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the suborder Pseudonocardineae:Minutes of the closed meeting, 31 July 2002, Paris, France. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2004; 54:283-283.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Bouznada et al. (2017), Labeda et al. (2008). 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: 26; JCM: 22; NBRC: 20; NRRL: 17; IFO: 15; ATCC: 13; VKM: 12; KCTC: 5; CGMCC: 5; CCUG: 4.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SATX" 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: 23
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 31
Total number of child taxa: 33

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes (ex Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Labeda 1986	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharothrix albidocapillata (Yassin et al. 1995) Lee et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharothrix algeriensis Zitouni et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix australiensis Labeda et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix carnea Liu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix coeruleofusca (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix coeruleoviolacea (Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharothrix cryophilis Labeda and Lechevalier 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharothrix deserti Liu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix ecbatanensis Mohammadipanah et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix espanaensis Labeda and Lechevalier 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix flava (Gauze et al. 1974) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharothrix ghardaiensis Bouznada et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix hoggarensis Boubetra et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix isguenensis Bouznada et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix longispora (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix lopnurensis Li et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix luteola He et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix mutabilis (Shearer et al. 1983) Labeda and Lechevalier 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix obliqua Azad et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix saharensis Boubetra et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix stipae Lin et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix syringae (Gauze and Sveshnikova 1985) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix tamanrassetensis Boubetra et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix tangerinus Kinoshita et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharothrix texasensis Labeda and Lyons 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Saccharothrix tharensis" Ibeyaima et al. 2018	not validly published
    Saccharothrix variisporea corrig. (ex Tomita et al. 1977) Kim et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix violacea Lee et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharothrix violaceirubra Otoguro et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharothrix waywayandensis Labeda and Lyons 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Saccharothrix xinjiangensis Hu et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Saccharothrix yanglingensis" Yan et al. 2012	not validly published

Parent taxon: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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