Genus Umezawaea

Name: Umezawaea Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: U.me.za.wae’a. N.L. fem. n. Umezawaea, named for the late Hamao Umezawa, of the Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, in recognition of his leadership and contributions to the study of the biology and natural products of actinomycetes

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Umezawae-), u-me-za-WA͡E-a

Type species: Umezawaea tangerina (Kinoshita et al. 2000) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Labeda DP, Kroppenstedt RM. Proposal of Umezawaea gen. nov., a new genus of the Actinosynnemataceae related to Saccharothrix, and transfer of Saccharothrix tangerinus Kinoshita et al. 2000 as Umezawaea tangerina gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2758-2761. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000. Publication: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984. Publication: Kinoshita N, Igarashi M, Ikeno S, Hori M, Hamada M. Saccharothrix tangerinus sp. nov., the producer of the new antibiotic formamicin: taxonomic studies. Actinomycetologica 1999; 13:20-31. 🇯🇵
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 2; CPCC: 1; NBRC: 1; KCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1; NRRL: 1; IFO: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Umezawaea beigongshangensis Ren et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Umezawaea endophytica Chu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Umezawaea tangerina (Kinoshita et al. 2000) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989

Assigned by: Labeda DP, Goodfellow M, Chun J, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Reassessment of the systematics of the suborder Pseudonocardineae: transfer of the genera within the family Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 into an emended family Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989 emend. Zhi et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1259-1264. 🇺🇸

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