Name: Sporichthya Lechevalier et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Spor.ich.thy’a. Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; Gr. masc. n. ichthys, fish; N.L. fem. n. Sporichthya, an organism with fish-like spores

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Sporichthy-), spor-ik^h-T^HY-a

Type species: Sporichthya polymorpha Lechevalier et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier H, Holbert PE. [Sporichthyta, a new Streptomycetaceae genus]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1968; 114:277-286.

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Sporichthyaceae Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: 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.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Sporichthyales Nouioui et al. 2018. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • 🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Streptomycetes" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
  • 🧕 Nouioui et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the order Sporichthyales Nouioui et al. 2018. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Spoiichthya"; "Sporichihya"; "Sporichthva"; "Sporrchthya"; "Sporychthya"; "Sprichthya".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: IFO: 2; DSM: 2; JCM: 2; NBRC: 2; NRRL: 1; ATCC: 1; VKM: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SOCH" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sporichthya brevicatena Tamura et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sporichthya polymorpha Lechevalier et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sporichthyaceae Rainey et al. 1997

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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