Name: Dietzia cinnamea Yassin et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cin.na.me.a. L. fem. adj. cinnamea, of or from cinnamon, referring to the colour of the cellular biomass

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 50875; DSM 44904; IMMIB RIV-399; JCM 13663; NBRC 102147

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16S rRNA gene: AJ920289 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Schaal KP. Dietzia cinnamea sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a perianal swab of a patient with a bone marrow transplant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:641-645.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1181-1182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Dietzia maris (Nesterenko et al. 1982 ex Harrison 1929) Rainey et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dietzia maris (Nesterenko et al. 1982 ex Harrison 1929) Rainey et al. 1995	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcus maris (ex Harrison 1929) Nesterenko et al. 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Dietzia maris (Nesterenko et al. 1982 ex Harrison 1929) Rainey et al. 1995. 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.
  • ⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus maris (ex Harrison 1929) Nesterenko et al. 1982. 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.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
  • ❗ Dietzia cinnamea is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Dietzia.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Dietzia Rainey et al. 1995

Assigned by: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Schaal KP. Dietzia cinnamea sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a perianal swab of a patient with a bone marrow transplant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:641-645.

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