Name: Kitasatospora aureofaciens (Duggar 1948) Labeda et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptomyces aureofaciens Duggar 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: au.re.o.fa’ci.ens. L. masc. adj. aureus, golden; L. pres. part. faciens, producing; N.L. fem. part. adj. aureofaciens, producing golden (referring to pigment produced by the vegetative mycelium of the microorganism)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ki-ta-sa-TO-spo-ra a͡u-re-o-FA-ki-ens, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 10762; ATCC 23884; BCRC 11610; CBS 434.51; CBS 664.68; CCM 3239; CCRC 11610; CECT 3206; CGMCC 4.0568; CIP 57.11; DSM 40127; HAMBI 1072; HAMBI 313; HUT 6048; HUT 6097; ICMP 499; IFM 1042; IFM 1218; IFM 1219; IFO 12594; IFO 12843; IFO 3712; IMET 43577; ISP 5127; JCM 4008; JCM 4624; LMG 5968; NBRC 12594; NBRC 12843; NBRC 3712; NCAIM B.01479; NCIB 8234; NCIMB 8234; NRRL 2209; NRRL B-2183; NRRL B-2657; NRRL B-5404; NRRL ISP-5127; RIA 1129; RIA 57; VKM Ac-771; Waksman 3708

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB045881 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Labeda DP, Dunlap CA, Rong X, Huang Y, Doroghazi JR, Ju KS, Metcalf WW. Phylogenetic relationships in the family Streptomycetaceae using multi-locus sequence analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:563-583. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 176. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2075-2078.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces avellaneus Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Streptomyces psammoticus Virgilio and Hengeller 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kitasatospora psammotica (Virgilio and Hengeller 1960) Labeda et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Streptomyces aureofaciens Duggar 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Klaysubun et al. (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces psammoticus Virgilio and Hengeller 1960 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Klaysubun C, Srisuk N, Duangmal K. Kitasatospora humi sp. nov., isolated from a tropical peat swamp forest soil, and proposal for the reclassification of Kitasatospora psammotica as a later heterotypic synonym of Kitasatospora aureofaciens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5356. 🇹🇭
  • ⏰ According to Klaysubun et al. (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Kitasatospora psammotica (Virgilio and Hengeller 1960) Labeda et al. 2017. Publication: Klaysubun C, Srisuk N, Duangmal K. Kitasatospora humi sp. nov., isolated from a tropical peat swamp forest soil, and proposal for the reclassification of Kitasatospora psammotica as a later heterotypic synonym of Kitasatospora aureofaciens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5356. 🇹🇭
  • ⏰ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces avellaneus Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5476.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Kitasatospora corrig. Ōmura et al. 1983

Assigned by: Labeda DP, Dunlap CA, Rong X, Huang Y, Doroghazi JR, Ju KS, Metcalf WW. Phylogenetic relationships in the family Streptomycetaceae using multi-locus sequence analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:563-583. 🇺🇸

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