Name: "Actinobifida alba" Locci et al. 1967

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, white

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 105591; DSM 43795; IFO 15853; IFO 16095; IPV 1900; JCM 3077; NBRC 15853; NBRC 16095

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16S rRNA gene: AF002260 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Locci R, Baldacci E, Petrolini Baldan B. Contribution to the study of oligosporic actinomycetes. I. Description of a new species of Actinobifida: Actinobifida alba sp. nov. and revision of the genus. Giornale di Microbiologia 1967; 15:79-91.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Correct name: Thermobifida alba (Locci et al. 1967) Zhang et al. 1998

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermobifida alba (Locci et al. 1967) Zhang et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thermomonospora alba (Locci et al. 1967) Cross and Goodfellow 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thermomonospora mesouviformis Nonomura and Ohara 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • According to Zhang et al. (1998), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Thermomonospora mesouviformis Nonomura and Ohara 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Zhang Z, Wang Y, Ruan J. Reclassification of Thermomonospora and Microtetraspora. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:411-422.

Parent taxon: "Actinobifida" Krassilnikov and Agre 1964

Assigned by: Locci R, Baldacci E, Petrolini Baldan B. Contribution to the study of oligosporic actinomycetes. I. Description of a new species of Actinobifida: Actinobifida alba sp. nov. and revision of the genus. Giornale di Microbiologia 1967; 15:79-91.

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Record number: 4066