Name: Actinokineospora auranticolor Otoguro et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’co.lor. N.L. neut. n. Aurantium, generic name of the orange; L. masc. n. color, color, tin; N.L. masc. n. auranticolor, orange colored (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-ran-TI-ko-lor, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44650; IFO 16518; JCM 11646; NBRC 16518; YU 961-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB058396 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Otoguro M, Hayakawa M, Yamazaki T, Tamura T, Hatano K, Iimura Y. Numerical phenetic and phylogenetic analyses of Actinokineospora isolates, with a description of Actinokineospora auranticolor sp. nov. and Actinokineospora enzanensis sp. nov. Actinomycetologica 2001; 15:30-39. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 89. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Actinokineospora Hasegawa 1988

Assigned by: Otoguro M, Hayakawa M, Yamazaki T, Tamura T, Hatano K, Iimura Y. Numerical phenetic and phylogenetic analyses of Actinokineospora isolates, with a description of Actinokineospora auranticolor sp. nov. and Actinokineospora enzanensis sp. nov. Actinomycetologica 2001; 15:30-39. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 772678