Name: Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

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

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.

• 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 21
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 29
Total number of child taxa: 31

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes (ex Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Labeda 1986	validly published	synonym
    Saccharothrix albidocapillata (Yassin et al. 1995) Lee et al. 2000	validly published	synonym
    Saccharothrix algeriensis Zitouni et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix australiensis Labeda et al. 1984	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix carnea Liu et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix coeruleofusca (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix coeruleoviolacea (Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	validly published	synonym
    Saccharothrix cryophilis Labeda and Lechevalier 1989	validly published	synonym
    Saccharothrix deserti Liu et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix ecbatanensis Mohammadipanah et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix espanaensis Labeda and Lechevalier 1989	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix flava (Gauze et al. 1974) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990	validly published	synonym
    Saccharothrix ghardaiensis Bouznada et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix hoggarensis Boubetra et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix isguenensis Bouznada et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix longispora (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix lopnurensis Li et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix mutabilis (Shearer et al. 1983) Labeda and Lechevalier 1989	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix saharensis Boubetra et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix stipae Lin et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix syringae (Gauze and Sveshnikova 1985) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix tamanrassetensis Boubetra et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix tangerinus Kinoshita et al. 2000	validly published	synonym
    Saccharothrix texasensis Labeda and Lyons 1989	validly published	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	correct name
    Saccharothrix violacea Lee et al. 2000	validly published	synonym
    Saccharothrix violaceirubra Otoguro et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Saccharothrix waywayandensis Labeda and Lyons 1989	validly published	synonym
    Saccharothrix xinjiangensis Hu et al. 2004	validly published	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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