Genus Virgisporangium

Name: Virgisporangium corrig. Tamura et al. 2001

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Vir.gi.spor.an.gi’um. L. fem. n. virga, a slender green branch, rod; N.L. neut. n. sporangium, sporangium (spore-containing vessel); from Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and in biology a spore; from Gr. neut. n. angeîon, vessel; N.L. neut. n. Virgisporangium, an organism with rodshaped sporangia (spore-containing vessels)

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Virgisporangi-), wir-gi-spor-an-GI-um

Type species: Virgisporangium ochraceum corrig. Tamura et al. 2001

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamura T, Hayakawa M, Hatano K. A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Virgosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Virgosporangium ochraceum sp. nov. and Virgosporangium aurantiacum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1809-1816. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Virgosporangium Tamura et al. 2001	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Otoguro et al. 2010 Otoguro M, Ishida Y, Tamura T, Yamamura H, Suzuki K-i, Hayakawa M. Virgisporangium aliadipatigenens sp. nov., isolated from soil in Iriomote Island and emended description of the genus Virgisporangium. Actinomycetologica 2010; 24:39-44. 🇯🇵 Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 14. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1504-1505.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Virgosporangium Tamura et al. 2001. Publication: Tamura T, Hayakawa M, Hatano K. A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Virgosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Virgosporangium ochraceum sp. nov. and Virgosporangium aurantiacum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1809-1816. 🇯🇵
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 4; JCM: 2; CIP: 2; DSM: 2; IFO: 2; VTCC: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 The original spelling Virgosporangium (sic), has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Virgisporangium aliadipatigenens Otoguro et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Virgisporangium aurantiacum corrig. Tamura et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Virgisporangium myanmarense Yamamura et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Virgisporangium ochraceum corrig. Tamura et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Micromonosporaceae Krassilnikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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. 🇨🇳

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.516901Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 516901